Ardenwood, Birch Grove, Civic Terrace, Lido Faire, Longwood-Winton Grove, Mayhew Landing, Mowry Landing, Newark Village, Northgate, Rancho Arroyo, Saddlebrook, South Newark, The Lake, Willowood, Newark Gateway and many more.
City Population: 49,149
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,461
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,492
Number of senior citizens: 6,144
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,379
Number of cell towers: 13
*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 Newark, CA. 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 Newark, CA 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.
Landline phone service usage in Newark is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.50% of Newark's 49,149 people are over the age of 65, which means about 3,993 senior citizens in Newark still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,229 Newark residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Newark residents. 4.80% of Newark's 14,356 households do not have the internet at all, which means 689 households can't use internet-based landline service.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 1,536 seniors in Newark 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 Newark residents to cell towers. And Newark is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Newark, covering 14 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Newark to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Newark, not just the most populated zip codes like 44224, 44221, 44223.
City Population: 49,149
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,461
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,492
Number of senior citizens: 6,144
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,379
Number of cell towers: 13
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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