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Reliable home phone service in Milwaukee, WI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 586,503
Total number of households with telephone service: 232,362
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 44,615
Number of senior citizens: 61,583
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 33,871
Number of cell towers: 67
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Reliable home phone service in Milwaukee, WI that doesn't require internet
Bay View, Brady Street, Brewer's Hill, East Town, Harambee, Historic Mitchell Street, Historic Third Ward, Riverwest, Sherman Park, Silver City, The Village, Walker's Point, Washington Heights, Westown, Wyrick Park and many more.
City Population: 586,503
Total number of households with telephone service: 232,362
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 44,615
Number of senior citizens: 61,583
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 33,871
Number of cell towers: 67
*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 Milwaukee, WI. 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 Milwaukee, WI 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 15,396 seniors in Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee residents to cell towers. And Milwaukee is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Milwaukee, covering 96 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Milwaukee to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Milwaukee, not just the most populated zip codes like 53215, 54601, 53511.
Landline phone service usage in Milwaukee is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 10.5% of Milwaukee's 586,503 people are over the age of 65, which means about 40,029 senior citizens in the Cream City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 12,317 Milwaukeeans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Milwaukeeans. 22.30% of Milwaukee's 229,227 households do not have the internet at all, which means 51,118 households can't use internet-based landline service.
