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City Population: 60,470
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,635
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,527
Number of senior citizens: 7,922
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,357
Number of cell towers: 19
*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 Malden, 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 Malden, 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.
Landline phone service usage in Malden is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.10% of Malden's 60,470 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,149 senior citizens in Malden still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,584 Maldonians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Maldonians. 12.30% of Malden's 23,367 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,874 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 1,980 seniors in Malden 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 Malden residents to cell towers. And Malden is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Malden, covering 5 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Malden to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Malden, not just the most populated zip codes like 80022, 80640.
City Population: 60,470
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,635
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,527
Number of senior citizens: 7,922
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,357
Number of cell towers: 19
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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