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Reliable home phone service in Newark, OH that doesn't require internet
City Population: 50,315
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,994
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,599
Number of senior citizens: 7,950
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,373
Number of cell towers: 7
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Ohio
Reliable home phone service in Newark, OH that doesn't require internet
Brierwood Hills, Bryn Du Woods, Cedar Run, Cherry Valley Road, Church Street, Courthouse Square, Goosepond, Hudson Avenue, Hunter's Ridge, Licking Springs, Marne Estates, McIntosh Village, North 21st Street, Sharon Glyn, and Sharon Valley Acres and many more.
City Population: 50,315
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,994
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,599
Number of senior citizens: 7,950
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,373
Number of cell towers: 7
*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, OH. 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, OH 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 1,987 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 21 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 74074, 74075, 74078.
Landline phone service usage in Newark is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.80% of Newark's 50,315 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,167 senior citizens in Nerk still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,590 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. 15.30% of Newark's 19,336 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,958 households can't use internet-based landline service.
