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Reliable home phone service in Elyria, OH that doesn't require internet
City Population: 53,757
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,567
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,913
Number of senior citizens: 9,192
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,056
Number of cell towers: 5
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Elyria, OH that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 53,757
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,567
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,913
Number of senior citizens: 9,192
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,056
Number of cell towers: 5
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Elyria, OH. Community Phone allows you to keep your landline phone without internet or copper wire.
In fact, Community Phone is the only landline phone service in Elyria, OH that does not require internet. Other service providers such as Spectrum, AT&T, and Verizon require an internet connection or a bundle package with cable or internet.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 2,298 seniors in Elyria don't want their primary phone service tied to their internet, even if they do have internet.
Community Phone works by connecting the landline phones of Elyria residents to cell towers. And Elyria is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Elyria, covering 21 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Elyria to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Elyria, not just the most populated zip codes like 20176, 20175.
Landline phone service usage in Elyria is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.10% of Elyria's 53,757 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,975 senior citizens in Elyria still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,838 Elyria residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Elyria residents. 23.00% of Elyria's 23,136 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,321 households can't use internet-based landline service.
