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Reliable home phone service in Hilton Head Island, SC that doesn't require internet
City Population: 39,861
Total number of households with telephone service: 18,216
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,643
Number of senior citizens: 14,669
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 8,068
Number of cell towers: 7
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
South Carolina
Reliable home phone service in Hilton Head Island, SC that doesn't require internet
Baynard Cove, Beach City Road, Bradley Beach, Broad Creek, Folly Field, Forest Beach, Heritage Woods, Long Cove Club, North Forest Beach, Palmetto Dunes, Palmetto Hall, Port Royal, Sea Pines, Spanish Wells, Wexford Plantation and many more.
City Population: 39,861
Total number of households with telephone service: 18,216
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,643
Number of senior citizens: 14,669
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 8,068
Number of cell towers: 7
*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 Hilton Head Island, SC. 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 Hilton Head Island, SC 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 3,667 seniors in Hilton Head Island 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 Hilton Head Island residents to cell towers. And Hilton Head Island is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Hilton Head Island, covering 41 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Hilton Head Island to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Hilton Head Island, not just the most populated zip codes like 33009.
Landline phone service usage in Hilton Head Island is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 36.80% of Hilton Head Island's 39,861 people are over the age of 65, which means about 9,535 senior citizens in Hilton Head still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,934 Hilton Head Island residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Hilton Head Island residents. 9.40% of Hilton Head Island's 17,910 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,684 households can't use internet-based landline service.
