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Reliable home phone service in Montgomery, AL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 197,403
Total number of households with telephone service: 81,529
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 20,906
Number of senior citizens: 30,795
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 16,937
Number of cell towers: 36
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Alabama
Reliable home phone service in Montgomery, AL that doesn't require internet
Capitol Heights, Cloverdale, Cottage Hill, Dalraida, Garden District, Gibbs Village, Hampstead, McGehee-Allendale, Old Cloverdale, Old Montgomery, Perry Hill, Ridgecrest, South Hull District, Vaughn Meadows, Westgate and many more.
City Population: 197,403
Total number of households with telephone service: 81,529
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 20,906
Number of senior citizens: 30,795
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 16,937
Number of cell towers: 36
*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 Montgomery, 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 Montgomery, 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 7,699 seniors in Montgomery 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 Montgomery residents to cell towers. And Montgomery is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Montgomery, covering 784 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Montgomery to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Montgomery, not just the most populated zip codes like 36117, 35242, 36695.
Landline phone service usage in Montgomery is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.6% of Montgomery's 197,403 people are over the age of 65, which means about 20,017 senior citizens in The Gump still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 6,159 Montgomerians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Montgomerians. 17.10% of Montgomery's 89,511 households do not have the internet at all, which means 15,306 households can't use internet-based landline service.
