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Reliable home phone service in Huntington, WV that doesn't require internet
City Population: 45,110
Total number of households with telephone service: 20,615
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,123
Number of senior citizens: 7,443
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,094
Number of cell towers: 5
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
West Virginia
Reliable home phone service in Huntington, WV that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 45,110
Total number of households with telephone service: 20,615
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,123
Number of senior citizens: 7,443
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,094
Number of cell towers: 5
*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 Huntington, WV. 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 Huntington, WV 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 1,861 seniors in Huntington 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 Huntington residents to cell towers. And Huntington is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Huntington, covering 16 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Huntington to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Huntington, not just the most populated zip codes like 33880, 33881, 33884.
Landline phone service usage in Huntington is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 16.50% of Huntington's 45,110 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,838 senior citizens in The Jewel City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,489 Huntingtonians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Huntingtonians. 27.30% of Huntington's 19,520 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,329 households can't use internet-based landline service.
