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City Population: 40,505
Total number of households with telephone service: 18,511
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,702
Number of senior citizens: 7,048
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,876
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 Lancaster, OH. 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 Lancaster, OH 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.
Landline phone service usage in Lancaster is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.40% of Lancaster's 40,505 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,581 senior citizens in Glass City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,410 Lancastrians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lancastrians. 18.60% of Lancaster's 16,451 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,060 households can't use internet-based landline service.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 1,719 seniors in Lancaster 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 Lancaster residents to cell towers. And Lancaster is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Lancaster, covering 19 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Lancaster to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Lancaster, not just the most populated zip codes like 60089.
City Population: 40,505
Total number of households with telephone service: 18,511
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,702
Number of senior citizens: 7,048
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,876
Number of cell towers: 16
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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