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Reliable home phone service in Marlborough, MA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 39,597
Total number of households with telephone service: 18,096
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,619
Number of senior citizens: 6,019
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,310
Number of cell towers: 10
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Massachusetts
Reliable home phone service in Marlborough, MA that doesn't require internet
Butler, Cedar Hill, Church Street East, Downtown, East Marlborough, Farm Road, Forest Park, Hildreth Heights, Maplewood, Marlborough Heights, Overlook, Sudbury Street, Williams Street, Wilson Circle, Winchester Estates and many more.
City Population: 39,597
Total number of households with telephone service: 18,096
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 3,619
Number of senior citizens: 6,019
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,310
Number of cell towers: 10
*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 Marlborough, 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 Marlborough, 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 1,505 seniors in Marlborough 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 Marlborough residents to cell towers. And Marlborough is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Marlborough, covering 21 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Marlborough to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Marlborough, not just the most populated zip codes like 30004.
Landline phone service usage in Marlborough is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.20% of Marlborough's 39,597 people are over the age of 65, which means about 3,912 senior citizens in Marlborough still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,204 Marlboronians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Marlboronians. 7.70% of Marlborough's 16,044 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,235 households can't use internet-based landline service.
