Reliable home phone service in Gilbert, AZ that doesn't require internet
City Population: 36,714
Total number of households with telephone service: 93,472
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 17,110
Number of senior citizens: 25,871
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 14,229
Number of cell towers: 3
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Arizona
Reliable home phone service in Gilbert, AZ that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 36,714
Total number of households with telephone service: 93,472
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 17,110
Number of senior citizens: 25,871
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 14,229
Number of cell towers: 3
*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 Gilbert, AZ. 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 Gilbert, AZ 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 6,468 seniors in Gilbert 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 Gilbert residents to cell towers. And Gilbert is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Gilbert, covering 68 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Gilbert to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Gilbert, not just the most populated zip codes like 85234, 85296, 85295.
Landline phone service usage in Gilbert is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 9.7% of Gilbert's 266,714 people are over the age of 65, which means about 16,816 senior citizens in Kindness USA still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 5,174 Gilbert residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Gilbert residents. 3.70% of Gilbert's 79,714 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,949 households can't use internet-based landline service.