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Reliable home phone service in Lowell, MA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 110,997
Total number of households with telephone service: 42,577
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,816
Number of senior citizens: 12,765
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,021
Number of cell towers: 7
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Massachusetts
Reliable home phone service in Lowell, MA that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 110,997
Total number of households with telephone service: 42,577
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,816
Number of senior citizens: 12,765
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,021
Number of cell towers: 7
*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 Lowell, MA. 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 Lowell, MA 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 3,191 seniors in Lowell 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 Lowell residents to cell towers. And Lowell is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Lowell, covering 14 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Lowell to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Lowell, not just the most populated zip codes like 01852, 01851, 01854.
Landline phone service usage in Lowell is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 11.5% of Lowell's 110,997 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,297 senior citizens in Mill City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,553 Lowellians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lowellians. 20.70% of Lowell's 40,260 households do not have the internet at all, which means 8,334 households can't use internet-based landline service.
