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Reliable home phone service in Mount Prospect, IL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 53,719
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,550
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,910
Number of senior citizens: 9,723
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,348
Number of cell towers: 11
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Illinois
Reliable home phone service in Mount Prospect, IL that doesn't require internet
Central Mount Prospect, Cherrywood, Country Club, Cumberland, Golfhurst, Kensington Commons, Lions Park, Main Street, Mount Prospect Greens, Normandy Manor, Old Orchard, Pinehurst, Prospect Meadows, Randhurst Village, South Mount Prospect and many more.
City Population: 53,719
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,550
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,910
Number of senior citizens: 9,723
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,348
Number of cell towers: 11
*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 Mount Prospect, IL. 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 Mount Prospect, IL 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 2,431 seniors in Mount Prospect 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 Mount Prospect residents to cell towers. And Mount Prospect is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Mount Prospect, covering 10 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Mount Prospect to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Mount Prospect, not just the most populated zip codes like 33781, 33782.
Landline phone service usage in Mount Prospect is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 18.10% of Mount Prospect's 53,719 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,320 senior citizens in Mount Prospect still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,945 Mount Prospect residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Mount Prospect residents. 12.00% of Mount Prospect's 20,855 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,503 households can't use internet-based landline service.
