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Reliable home phone service in Minot, ND that doesn't require internet
City Population: 47,382
Total number of households with telephone service: 21,654
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,331
Number of senior citizens: 6,397
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,518
Number of cell towers: 19
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
North Dakota
Reliable home phone service in Minot, ND that doesn't require internet
Baxter, Bel Air, Broadway, Dakota Territory, Downtown, Edison, Lewis and Clark, North Hill, Roosevelt Park, Sanborn, SE Minot, Sleepy Hollow, South Hill, Sunnybrook, Upper Minot and many more.
City Population: 47,382
Total number of households with telephone service: 21,654
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,331
Number of senior citizens: 6,397
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,518
Number of cell towers: 19
*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 Minot, ND. 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 Minot, ND 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 1,599 seniors in Minot 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 Minot residents to cell towers. And Minot is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Minot, covering 17 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Minot to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Minot, not just the most populated zip codes like 60025, 60026.
Landline phone service usage in Minot is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.50% of Minot's 47,382 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,158 senior citizens in the Magic City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,279 Minoters completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Minoters. 13.40% of Minot's 21,156 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,835 households can't use internet-based landline service.
