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Reliable home phone service in Lake Charles, LA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 78,396
Total number of households with telephone service: 35,827
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,165
Number of senior citizens: 12,465
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,856
Number of cell towers: 21
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Lake Charles, LA that doesn't require internet
Brentwood, Charpentier, Country Club, Downtown, Eastwood, The Garden District, Highland, The Hill, Lake Shore, Lockmoor, Margaret Place, Moss Bluff, Oak Park, University Place, and many more.
City Population: 78,396
Total number of households with telephone service: 35,827
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,165
Number of senior citizens: 12,465
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,856
Number of cell towers: 21
*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 Lake Charles, 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 Lake Charles, 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 3,116 seniors in Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles residents to cell towers. And Lake Charles is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Lake Charles, covering 42 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Lake Charles to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Lake Charles, not just the most populated zip codes like 70605, 70601, 70607.
Landline phone service usage in Lake Charles is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.9% of Lake Charles's 78,396 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,102 senior citizens in The Lake Area still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,493 Lake Charlesians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lake Charlesians. 22.30% of Lake Charles's 33,093 households do not have the internet at all, which means 7,380 households can't use internet-based landline service.
