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Reliable home phone service in Fond du Lac, WI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 43,203
Total number of households with telephone service: 19,771
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,954
Number of senior citizens: 8,220
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,521
Number of cell towers: 20
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Reliable home phone service in Fond du Lac, WI that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 43,203
Total number of households with telephone service: 19,771
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,954
Number of senior citizens: 8,220
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,521
Number of cell towers: 20
*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 Fond du Lac, WI. 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 Fond du Lac, WI 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 2,055 seniors in Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac residents to cell towers. And Fond du Lac is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Fond du Lac, covering 720 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Fond du Lac to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Fond du Lac, not just the most populated zip codes like 92821.
Landline phone service usage in Fond du Lac is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 19.00% of Fond du Lac's 43,263 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,343 senior citizens in Fondy still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,644 Fond du Lac residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Fond du Lac residents. 16.20% of Fond du Lac's 41,890 households do not have the internet at all, which means 6,786 households can't use internet-based landline service.
