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Reliable home phone service in Grand Rapids, MI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 203,644
Total number of households with telephone service: 79,486
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 16,561
Number of senior citizens: 25,252
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 13,889
Number of cell towers: 28
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Michigan
Reliable home phone service in Grand Rapids, MI that doesn't require internet
Alger Heights, Belknap Lookout, East Hills, Eastown, Fulton Heights, Garfield Park, Heritage Hill, Midtown, North East Citizens Action, Ottawa Hills, Ridgemoor, Roosevelt Park, South Hill, West Grand, Westside Connection and many more.
City Population: 203,644
Total number of households with telephone service: 79,486
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 16,561
Number of senior citizens: 25,252
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 13,889
Number of cell towers: 28
*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 Grand Rapids, MI. 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 Grand Rapids, MI 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 6,313 seniors in Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids residents to cell towers. And Grand Rapids is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Grand Rapids, covering 44 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Grand Rapids to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Grand Rapids, not just the most populated zip codes like 49504, 49508, 49507.
Landline phone service usage in Grand Rapids is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.4% of Grand Rapids's 203,644 people are over the age of 65, which means about 16,414 senior citizens in Beer City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 5,050 Grand Rapidians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Grand Rapidians. 16.10% of Grand Rapids's 76,360 households do not have the internet at all, which means 12,294 households can't use internet-based landline service.
