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Reliable home phone service in Meriden, CT that doesn't require internet
City Population: 59,395
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,144
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,429
Number of senior citizens: 9,444
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,194
Number of cell towers: 10
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Connecticut
Reliable home phone service in Meriden, CT that doesn't require internet
Colony Street, East Side, Hanover, Lewis Avenue, North Avenue, North End, South Meriden, Twiss Street, West Side, Westfield, Westview Terrace, Wilcox Avenue, Willow Street, Yale Acres, and Yale Avenue and many more.
City Population: 59,395
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,144
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,429
Number of senior citizens: 9,444
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,194
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 Meriden, CT. 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 Meriden, CT 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 2,361 seniors in Meriden 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 Meriden residents to cell towers. And Meriden is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Meriden, covering 24 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Meriden to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Meriden, not just the most populated zip codes like 90247, 90248, 90249.
Landline phone service usage in Meriden is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.90% of Meriden's 59,395 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,138 senior citizens in The Silver City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,889 Meridenites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Meridenites. 21.40% of Meriden's 25,222 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,398 households can't use internet-based landline service.
