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Reliable home phone service in Joplin, MO that doesn't require internet
City Population: 50,925
Total number of households with telephone service: 23,273
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,655
Number of senior citizens: 9,116
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,014
Number of cell towers: 20
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Joplin, MO that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 50,925
Total number of households with telephone service: 23,273
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,655
Number of senior citizens: 9,116
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,014
Number of cell towers: 20
*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 Joplin, MO. 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 Joplin, MO 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 2,279 seniors in Joplin 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 Joplin residents to cell towers. And Joplin is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Joplin, covering 36 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Joplin to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Joplin, not just the most populated zip codes like 85142, 85140, 85143.
Landline phone service usage in Joplin is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.90% of Joplin's 50,925 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,925 senior citizens in Reign of Terror still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,823 Joplin residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Joplin residents. 17.80% of Joplin's 21,012 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,740 households can't use internet-based landline service.
