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Reliable home phone service in Hoover, AL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 85,768
Total number of households with telephone service: 36,721
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 9,407
Number of senior citizens: 13,208
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,74
Number of cell towers: 7
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Alabama
Reliable home phone service in Hoover, AL that doesn't require internet
Bluff Park, Riverchase, Greystone, Lake Cyrus, Trace Crossings, Green Valley, Rocky Ridge, Hoover Country Club, Indian Springs Village, Inverness, Patton Chapel, Russet Woods, Russet Meadows, Russet Woods/Southwood, Chace Lake and many more.
City Population: 85,768
Total number of households with telephone service: 36,721
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 9,407
Number of senior citizens: 13,208
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,74
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 Hoover, AL. 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 Hoover, AL 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 3,302 seniors in Hoover 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 Hoover residents to cell towers. And Hoover is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Hoover, covering 47 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Hoover to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Hoover, not just the most populated zip codes like 35226.
Landline phone service usage in Hoover is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.4% of Hoover's 85,768 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,585 senior citizens in The Bam still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,642 Hoover residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Hoover residents. 5.40% of Hoover's 32,551 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,758 households can't use internet-based landline service.
