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Reliable home phone service in Kansas City, MO that doesn't require internet
City Population: 505,272
Total number of households with telephone service: 219,020
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 45,498
Number of senior citizens: 67,201
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 36,961
Number of cell towers: 13
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Kansas City, MO that doesn't require internet
Brookside, Crossroads Arts District, Crown Center, Downtown Kansas City, Hyde Park, Longfellow, Martin City, Northeast Kansas City, Old Westport, Pendleton Heights, Plaza Area, River Market, Southmoreland, Sunset Hill, West Plaza and many more.
City Population: 505,272
Total number of households with telephone service: 219,020
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 45,498
Number of senior citizens: 67,201
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 36,961
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 Kansas City, 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 Kansas City, 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 16,800 seniors in Kansas City 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 Kansas City residents to cell towers. And Kansas City is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Kansas City, covering 315 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Kansas City to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Kansas City, not just the most populated zip codes like 66062, 66061, 67401.
Landline phone service usage in Kansas City is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.3% of Kansas City's 505,272 people are over the age of 65, which means about 43,681 senior citizens in City of Fountains still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 13,440 Kansas Citians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Kansas Citians. 16.20% of Kansas City's 206,295 households do not have the internet at all, which means 33,420 households can't use internet-based landline service.
