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Reliable home phone service in Pittsburgh, PA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 299,434
Total number of households with telephone service: 136,747
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 32,143
Number of senior citizens: 44,915
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 24,703
Number of cell towers: 69
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Pennsylvania
Reliable home phone service in Pittsburgh, PA that doesn't require internet
Bloomfield, Brookline, Lawrenceville, Mount Washington, North Shore, Oakland, Polish Hill, Regent Square, Shadyside, South Side, Squirrel Hill, Strip District, Troy Hill, Upper Lawrenceville, West End and many more.
City Population: 299,434
Total number of households with telephone service: 136,747
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 32,143
Number of senior citizens: 44,915
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 24,703
Number of cell towers: 69
*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 Pittsburgh, PA. 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 Pittsburgh, PA 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 11,229 seniors in Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh residents to cell towers. And Pittsburgh is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Pittsburgh, covering 55 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Pittsburgh to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Pittsburgh, not just the most populated zip codes like 15237, 15235, 15221.
Landline phone service usage in Pittsburgh is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.0% of Pittsburgh's 299,434 people are over the age of 65, which means about 29,195 senior citizens in the Steel City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 8,983 Pittsburghers completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Pittsburghers. 15.70% of Pittsburgh's 140,496 households do not have the internet at all, which means 22,058 households can't use internet-based landline service.
