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Reliable home phone service in Redding, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 92,590
Total number of households with telephone service: 37,302
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 11,377
Number of senior citizens: 17,870
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,829
Number of cell towers: 18
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Redding, CA that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 92,590
Total number of households with telephone service: 37,302
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 11,377
Number of senior citizens: 17,870
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,829
Number of cell towers: 18
*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 Redding, CA. 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 Redding, CA 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 4,467 seniors in Redding 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 Redding residents to cell towers. And Redding is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Redding, covering 60 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Redding to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Redding, not just the most populated zip codes like 96003, 96001, 96002.
Landline phone service usage in Redding is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 19.3% of Redding's 92,590 people are over the age of 65, which means about 11,615 senior citizens in The Jewel of Northern California still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,574 Reddingites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Reddingites. 13.70% of Redding's 36,365 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,982 households can't use internet-based landline service.
