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Reliable home phone service in Portage, MI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 49,445
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,596
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,519
Number of senior citizens: 8,060
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,433
Number of cell towers: 9
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Michigan
Reliable home phone service in Portage, MI that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 49,445
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,596
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,519
Number of senior citizens: 8,060
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,433
Number of cell towers: 9
*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 Portage, MI. 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 Portage, MI 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 2,015 seniors in Portage 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 Portage residents to cell towers. And Portage is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Portage, covering 32 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Portage to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Portage, not just the most populated zip codes like 30338, 30341, 30360.
Landline phone service usage in Portage is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 16.30% of Portage's 49,445 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,239 senior citizens in Portage still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,612 Portagers completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Portagers. 8.30% of Portage's 20,098 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,668 households can't use internet-based landline service.
