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Reliable home phone service in Plano, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 284,467
Total number of households with telephone service: 108,472
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 20,569
Number of senior citizens: 37,550
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 20,653
Number of cell towers: 27
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Plano, TX that doesn't require internet
Briarwood Estates, Carriage Hill, Deerfield, Glenhollow Estates, Hills at Prestonwood, Kings Ridge, Lakeside on Preston, Legacy Town Center, Oakwood Glen, Old Shepard Place, Parker Road Estates West, Prairie Creek, Ridgeview Ranch, Whiffletree, Willow Bend and many more.
City Population: 284,467
Total number of households with telephone service: 108,472
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 20,569
Number of senior citizens: 37,550
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 20,653
Number of cell towers: 27
*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 Plano, 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 Plano, 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 9,387 seniors in Plano 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 Plano residents to cell towers. And Plano is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Plano, covering 72 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Plano to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Plano, not just the most populated zip codes like 75025, 75093, 75074.
Landline phone service usage in Plano is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.2% of Plano's 284,467 people are over the age of 65, which means about 24,407 senior citizens in Gymnastics Capital of the World still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 7,510 Planoites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Planoites. 4.9% of Plano's 107,320 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,259 households can't use internet-based landline service.
