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Reliable home phone service in Pharr, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 79,112
Total number of households with telephone service: 36,154
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,231
Number of senior citizens: 9,652
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,309
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 Pharr, TX that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 79,112
Total number of households with telephone service: 36,154
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,231
Number of senior citizens: 9,652
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,309
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 Pharr, TX. 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 Pharr, TX 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 2,413 seniors in Pharr 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 Pharr residents to cell towers. And Pharr is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Pharr, covering 23 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Pharr to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Pharr, not just the most populated zip codes like 78577.
Landline phone service usage in Pharr is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.2% of Pharr's 79,112 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,274 senior citizens in Pharr still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,930 Pharr residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Pharr residents. 40.3% of Pharr's 22,668 households do not have the internet at all, which means 9,135 households can't use internet-based landline service.
