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City Population: 157,633
Total number of households with telephone service: 72,014
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 13,379
Number of senior citizens: 16,394
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,017
Number of cell towers: 39
*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 Midland, TX. 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 Midland, TX 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 Midland is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 10.4% of Midland's 157,633 people are over the age of 65, which means about 10,656 senior citizens in The Tall City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,279 Midlanders completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Midlanders. 13.2% of Midland's 57,917 households do not have the internet at all, which means 7,645 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 4,098 seniors in Midland 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 Midland residents to cell towers. And Midland is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Midland, covering 900 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Midland to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Midland, not just the most populated zip codes like 79707, 79705, 79701.
City Population: 157,633
Total number of households with telephone service: 72,014
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 13,379
Number of senior citizens: 16,394
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,017
Number of cell towers: 39
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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