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Reliable home phone service in Fort Worth, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 958,692
Total number of households with telephone service: 334,286
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 57,173
Number of senior citizens: 94,911
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 52,201
Number of cell towers: 52
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Texas
Reliable home phone service in Fort Worth, TX that doesn't require internet
Arlington Heights, Bellaire Park North, Bluebonnet Hills, Crestwood, Fairmount, Marine Creek, Mistletoe Heights, North Beverly Hills, Overton Park, Ridglea Hills, Rivercrest, South Hemphill Heights, Tanglewood, Wedgwood, Westcliff and many more.
City Population: 958,692
Total number of households with telephone service: 334,286
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 57,173
Number of senior citizens: 94,911
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 52,201
Number of cell towers: 52
*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 Fort Worth, TX. 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 Fort Worth, TX 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 23,728 seniors in Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth residents to cell towers. And Fort Worth is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Fort Worth, covering 340 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Fort Worth to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Fort Worth, not just the most populated zip codes like 76137, 76179, 76133.
Landline phone service usage in Fort Worth is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 9.9% of Fort Worth's 958,692 people are over the age of 65, which means about 61,692 senior citizens in Paris of the Plains still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 18,982 Fort Worthians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Fort Worthians. 11.90% of Fort Worth's 307,248 households do not have the internet at all, which means 36,563 households can't use internet-based landline service.
