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Reliable home phone service in Macon, GA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 153,927
Total number of households with telephone service: 57,677
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 15,776
Number of senior citizens: 24,013
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 13,207
Number of cell towers: 52
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Macon, GA that doesn't require internet
Beall's Hill, Bellevue, Bloomfield, Edgewood, Fort Hill, Ingleside, Kings Park, Macon-Bibb Industrial District, North Highlands, Shirley Hills, South Bibb, Unionville, Vineville, Wimbish Hills, Woodland Hills and many more.
City Population: 153,927
Total number of households with telephone service: 57,677
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 15,776
Number of senior citizens: 24,013
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 13,207
Number of cell towers: 52
*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 Macon, GA. 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 Macon, GA 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 6,003 seniors in Macon 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 Macon residents to cell towers. And Macon is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Macon, covering 56 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Macon to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Macon, not just the most populated zip codes like 31210, 31204, 31206.
Landline phone service usage in Macon is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.6% of Macon's 153,927 people are over the age of 65, which means about 15,608 senior citizens in The Heart of Georgia still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 4,803 Maconitess completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Maconitess. 20.50% of Macon's 58,154 households do not have the internet at all, which means 11,922 households can't use internet-based landline service.
