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Reliable home phone service in Minnetonka, MN that doesn't require internet
City Population: 54,064
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,707
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,941
Number of senior citizens: 11,516
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,334
Number of cell towers: 18
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Minnesota
Reliable home phone service in Minnetonka, MN that doesn't require internet
Amesbury West, Baker Ridge, Covington, Enclave at Old Shady Oak, Glen Lake, Groveland, Linner Road, Minnehaha Woods, Oak Ridge, Old Farm, Purgatory Creek, Ridgewood, Sherwood Forest, Tonkawa, Westwood Hills and many more.
City Population: 54,064
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,707
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,941
Number of senior citizens: 11,516
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,334
Number of cell towers: 18
*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 Minnetonka, MN. 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 Minnetonka, MN 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 2,879 seniors in Minnetonka 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 Minnetonka residents to cell towers. And Minnetonka is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Minnetonka, covering 27 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Minnetonka to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Minnetonka, not just the most populated zip codes like 91770.
Landline phone service usage in Minnetonka is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 21.30% of Minnetonka's 54,064 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,485 senior citizens in Minnetonka still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,303 Minnetonka residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Minnetonka residents. 7.40% of Minnetonka's 23,293 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,724 households can't use internet-based landline service.
