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Reliable home phone service in Mobile, AL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 185,453
Total number of households with telephone service: 77,991
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 20,388
Number of senior citizens: 30,785
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 16,932
Number of cell towers: 48
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Alabama
Reliable home phone service in Mobile, AL that doesn't require internet
Airmont, Bayfront, Berkleigh, Brookwood, Carlen, Cottage Park, Country Club, Crestview, Dawes, Jackson Heights, Leinkauf, Llanfair, McVoy, Milkhouse, Oakleigh Garden and many more.
City Population: 185,453
Total number of households with telephone service: 77,991
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 20,388
Number of senior citizens: 30,785
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 16,932
Number of cell towers: 48
*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 Mobile, AL. 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 Mobile, AL 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 7,696 seniors in Mobile 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 Mobile residents to cell towers. And Mobile is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Mobile, covering 1229 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Mobile to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Mobile, not just the most populated zip codes like 36695, 36608, 36605.
Landline phone service usage in Mobile is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 16.6% of Mobile's 185,453 people are over the age of 65, which means about 20,010 senior citizens in The Azalea City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 6,157 Mobilians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Mobilians. 21.9% of Mobile's 157,557 households do not have the internet at all, which means 34,505 households can't use internet-based landline service.
