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Reliable home phone service in San Antonio, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 1,598,964
Total number of households with telephone service: 549,245
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 117,906
Number of senior citizens: 196,673
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 108,170
Number of cell towers: 135
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Texas
Reliable home phone service in San Antonio, TX that doesn't require internet
Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, Castle Hills, Downtown, King William, Monte Vista, North Central, Northwood, Oak Park/Northwood, Olmos Park, River Walk, Southtown, Stone Oak, Terrell Hills, Tobin Hill and many more.
City Population: 1,598,964
Total number of households with telephone service: 549,245
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 117,906
Number of senior citizens: 196,673
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 108,170
Number of cell towers: 135
*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 San Antonio, 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 San Antonio, 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 49,168 seniors in San Antonio 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 San Antonio residents to cell towers. And San Antonio is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Antonio, covering 461 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Antonio to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Antonio, not just the most populated zip codes like 78215, 78235, 78253.
Landline phone service usage in San Antonio is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.3% of San Antonio's 1,598,964 people are over the age of 65, which means about 127,837 senior citizens in Alamo City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 39,335 San Antonians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Antonians. 17.70% of San Antonio's 509,550 households do not have the internet at all, which means 90,190 households can't use internet-based landline service.
