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Reliable home phone service in Lancaster, PA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 59,15
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,084
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,417
Number of senior citizens: 5,867
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,227
Number of cell towers: 1
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Pennsylvania
Reliable home phone service in Lancaster, PA that doesn't require internet
Blossom Hill, Cabbage Hill, Chestnut Hill, College Park, Conestoga Heights, East Side, Hamilton Park, Historic Lancaster, Lancaster City, Mill Creek, Musser Park, Parkfield, Stevens, West End, and Wheatland and many more.
City Population: 59,15
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,084
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,417
Number of senior citizens: 5,867
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,227
Number of cell towers: 1
*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, PA. 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, PA 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 1,467 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 7 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 91941, 91942.
Landline phone service usage in Lancaster is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 9.90% of Lancaster's 59,265 people are over the age of 65, which means about 3,814 senior citizens in the Red Rose City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,173 Lancastrians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lancastrians. 19.40% of Lancaster's 22,055 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,279 households can't use internet-based landline service.
