Reliable home phone service in La Crosse, WI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 51,227
Total number of households with telephone service: 23,411
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,682
Number of senior citizens: 7,121
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,917
Number of cell towers: 16
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Reliable home phone service in La Crosse, WI that doesn't require internet
Brice Prairie, Cass Street, College Park, Downtown La Crosse, Emerson, Grandview Emerson, Hoeschler Drive, Indian Hill, La Crosse Northside Historic District, Powell-Poage-Hamilton Neighborhood Historic District, Southside, Washburn, Wedgewood, West Avenue, and Windwood of La Crosse and many more.
City Population: 51,227
Total number of households with telephone service: 23,411
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,682
Number of senior citizens: 7,121
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,917
Number of cell towers: 16
*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 La Crosse, WI. 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 La Crosse, WI 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 1,780 seniors in La Crosse 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 La Crosse residents to cell towers. And La Crosse is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in La Crosse, covering 21 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in La Crosse to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of La Crosse, not just the most populated zip codes like 49015, 49037, 49014.
Landline phone service usage in La Crosse is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.90% of La Crosse's 51,227 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,628 senior citizens in Mud City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,424 LAXians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many LAXians. 17.80% of La Crosse's 21,239 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,781 households can't use internet-based landline service.