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Reliable home phone service in Lakewood, WA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 61,037
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,894
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,579
Number of senior citizens: 9,705
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,338
Number of cell towers: 2
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Washington
Reliable home phone service in Lakewood, WA that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 61,037
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,894
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,579
Number of senior citizens: 9,705
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,338
Number of cell towers: 2
*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 Lakewood, WA. 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 Lakewood, WA 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 2,426 seniors in Lakewood 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 Lakewood residents to cell towers. And Lakewood is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Lakewood, covering 17 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Lakewood to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Lakewood, not just the most populated zip codes like 48180.
Landline phone service usage in Lakewood is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.90% of Lakewood's 61,037 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,308 senior citizens in Lakewood still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,941 Lakewoodians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lakewoodians. 11.10% of Lakewood's 24,821 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,755 households can't use internet-based landline service.
