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Reliable home phone service in Muncie, IN that doesn't require internet
City Population: 67,999
Total number of households with telephone service: 31,076
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,215
Number of senior citizens: 9,520
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,236
Number of cell towers: 8
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Muncie, IN that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 67,999
Total number of households with telephone service: 31,076
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,215
Number of senior citizens: 9,520
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,236
Number of cell towers: 8
*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 Muncie, IN. 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 Muncie, IN 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 2,380 seniors in Muncie 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 Muncie residents to cell towers. And Muncie is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Muncie, covering 27 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Muncie to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Muncie, not just the most populated zip codes like 20878, 20877,20879.
Landline phone service usage in Muncie is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.00% of Muncie's 67,999 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,188 senior citizens in 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 1,904 Munsonians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Munsonians. 19.90% of Muncie's 27,439 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,460 households can't use internet-based landline service.
