Reliable home phone service in Fountain Valley, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 55,357
Total number of households with telephone service: 25,298
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,060
Number of senior citizens: 11,237
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,180
Number of cell towers: 20
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Fountain Valley, CA that doesn't require internet
Fountain Valley Ranchos, Green Valley, Kingston Square, Mesa Verde, Mile Square Park, Northbrook, Parkside Estates, Parkwood Estates, Stardust, Stratford Park, Talbert Village, The Bungalows, Tiburon South, Westmont, Winterwood and many more.
City Population: 55,357
Total number of households with telephone service: 25,298
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,060
Number of senior citizens: 11,237
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,180
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 Fountain Valley, CA. 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 Fountain Valley, CA 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 2,809 seniors in Fountain Valley 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 Fountain Valley residents to cell towers. And Fountain Valley is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Fountain Valley, covering 9 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Fountain Valley to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Fountain Valley, not just the most populated zip codes like 48127, 48125.
Landline phone service usage in Fountain Valley is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 20.30% of Fountain Valley's 55,357 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,304 senior citizens in Fountain Valley still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,247 Fountain Valley residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Fountain Valley residents. 9.60% of Fountain Valley's 18,369 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,763 households can't use internet-based landline service.