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Reliable home phone service in Lakeland, FL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 112,136
Total number of households with telephone service: 45,548
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 15,029
Number of senior citizens: 24,894
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 13,692
Number of cell towers: 22
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Florida
Reliable home phone service in Lakeland, FL that doesn't require internet
Beacon Hill, Camphor, Central Avenue, Dixieland, East Lake Morton, Edgewood, Jefferson Avenue, Lake Beulah, Lake Bonny Park, Lake Hollingsworth, Lake Hunter Terrace, Lake Morton Historic District, Lakeland Highlands, Lime Street, Webster Park North and many more.
City Population: 112,136
Total number of households with telephone service: 45,548
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 15,029
Number of senior citizens: 24,894
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 13,692
Number of cell towers: 22
*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 Lakeland, FL. 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 Lakeland, FL 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 6,224 seniors in Lakeland 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 Lakeland residents to cell towers. And Lakeland is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Lakeland, covering 65 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Lakeland to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Lakeland, not just the most populated zip codes like 33810, 33813, 33801.
Landline phone service usage in Lakeland is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 22.2% of Lakeland's 112,136 people are over the age of 65, which means about 16,181 senior citizens in Swan City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 4,979 Lakelanders completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lakelanders. 25.00% of Lakeland's 41,750 households do not have the internet at all, which means 10,438 households can't use internet-based landline service.
