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Reliable home phone service in Lafayette, LA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 142,185
Total number of households with telephone service: 51,150
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 11,949
Number of senior citizens: 17,414
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,578
Number of cell towers: 42
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Lafayette, LA that doesn't require internet
Broadmoor Terrace, Camelot, Fernewood, Freetown-Port Rico, Golden Meadows, Highland Ridge, La Bon Vie, Oakbourne Country Club, River Ranch, Saints Streets, Sterling Grove, The Settlement, Verot Oaks, Village of River Ranch, Woodvale and many more.
City Population: 142,185
Total number of households with telephone service: 51,150
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 11,949
Number of senior citizens: 17,414
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,578
Number of cell towers: 42
*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 Lafayette, LA. 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 Lafayette, LA 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 4,several seniors in Lafayette 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 Lafayette residents to cell towers. And Lafayette is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Lafayette, covering 269 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Lafayette to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Lafayette, not just the most populated zip codes like 70506, 70508, 70508.
Landline phone service usage in Lafayette is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.8% of Lafayette's 126,185 people are over the age of 65, which means about 11,319 senior citizens in Heart of Acadiana still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,483 Lafayettiens completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lafayettiens. 13.30% of Lafayette's 92,476 households do not have the internet at all, which means 12,299 households can't use internet-based landline service.
