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Reliable home phone service in Rockville, MD that doesn't require internet
City Population: 68,079
Total number of households with telephone service: 31,112
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,222
Number of senior citizens: 12,050
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,628
Number of cell towers: 20
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Rockville, MD that doesn't require internet
Burgundy Knolls, Croydon Park, East Rockville, Fallsgrove, King Farm, Maryvale, Montrose, New Mark Commons, North Farm, Potomac Woods, Rockshire, Rollins Park, Twinbrook, West End, Westmoreland Hills and many more.
City Population: 68,079
Total number of households with telephone service: 31,112
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,222
Number of senior citizens: 12,050
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,628
Number of cell towers: 20
*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 Rockville, MD. 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 Rockville, MD 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 3,012 seniors in Rockville 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 Rockville residents to cell towers. And Rockville is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Rockville, covering 14 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Rockville to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Rockville, not just the most populated zip codes like 47304, 47302, 47303.
Landline phone service usage in Rockville is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.70% of Rockville's 68,079 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,832 senior citizens in Rockville still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,410 Marylanders completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Marylanders. 6.50% of Rockville's 26,439 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,719 households can't use internet-based landline service.
