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Reliable home phone service in Newport News, VA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 181,331
Total number of households with telephone service: 77,489
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 16,370
Number of senior citizens: 23,392
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 12,866
Number of cell towers: 15
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Newport News, VA that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 181,331
Total number of households with telephone service: 77,489
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 16,370
Number of senior citizens: 23,392
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 12,866
Number of cell towers: 15
*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 Newport News, VA. 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 Newport News, VA 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 5,848 seniors in Newport News 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 Newport News residents to cell towers. And Newport News is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Newport News, covering 69 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Newport News to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Newport News, not just the most populated zip codes like 23608, 23602, 23606.
Landline phone service usage in Newport News is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.9% of Newport News's 181,331 people are over the age of 65, which means about 15,205 senior citizens in Bad News still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 4,678 Newport News residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Newport News residents. 20.50% of Newport News's 70,376 households do not have the internet at all, which means 14,427 households can't use internet-based landline service.
