Astorhurst, Brittains, Cardinal Cove, Center Village, Corduroy, Heisley Park, Hickory Ridge, Mentor Acres, Mentor Beach Park, Mentor Headlands, North Mentor Estates, Pinegate, Spring Hollow, Summerwood, Village on Maple and many more.
City Population: 47,22
Total number of households with telephone service: 21,599
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,320
Number of senior citizens: 10,918
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,005
Number of cell towers: 2
*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 Mentor, OH. 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 Mentor, OH 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 Mentor is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 8.90% of Mentor's 47,262 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,096 senior citizens in Rose Capital of the Nation
still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,184 Mentorites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Mentorites. 8.90% of Mentor's 19,416 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,728 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 2,729 seniors in Mentor 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 Mentor residents to cell towers. And Mentor is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Mentor, covering 27 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Mentor to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Mentor, not just the most populated zip codes like 76244, 76248, 76262.
City Population: 47,22
Total number of households with telephone service: 21,599
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,320
Number of senior citizens: 10,918
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,005
Number of cell towers: 2
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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