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Reliable home phone service in Joliet, IL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 146,186
Total number of households with telephone service: 51,133
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,754
Number of senior citizens: 14,911
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 8,201
Number of cell towers: 13
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Illinois
Reliable home phone service in Joliet, IL that doesn't require internet
Black Road, Cathedral Area, Edgewood, Fairmont, Glenwood Avenue, Ingalls Park, Jackson Square, Kendallwood, Mayfair, New Lenox, North Joliet, St Patrick's, Timber Estates, Twin Oaks, Woodlawn and many more.
City Population: 146,186
Total number of households with telephone service: 51,133
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,754
Number of senior citizens: 14,911
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 8,201
Number of cell towers: 13
*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 Joliet, IL. 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 Joliet, IL 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 3,728 seniors in Joliet 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 Joliet residents to cell towers. And Joliet is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Joliet, covering 62 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Joliet to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Joliet, not just the most populated zip codes like 60435, 60431, 60432.
Landline phone service usage in Joliet is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 10.2% of Joliet's 146,186 people are over the age of 65, which means about 9,692 senior citizens in City of Stone still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,982 Jolietans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Jolietans. 11.7% of Joliet's 48,516 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,676 households can't use internet-based landline service.
