Reliable home phone service in San Diego, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 1,429,653
Total number of households with telephone service: 521,000
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 110,5128
Number of senior citizens: 190,144
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 104,579
Number of cell towers: 128
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
California
Reliable home phone service in San Diego, CA that doesn't require internet
Balboa Park, Bankers Hill, Carmel Valley, Clairemont, Del Mar Mesa, East Village, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, La Jolla, Little Italy, North Park, Pacific Beach, Rancho Bernardo, South Park, University City and many more.
City Population: 1,429,653
Total number of households with telephone service: 521,000
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 110,5128
Number of senior citizens: 190,144
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 104,579
Number of cell towers: 128
*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 Diego, 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 San Diego, 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 47,536 seniors in San Diego 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 Diego residents to cell towers. And San Diego is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Diego, covering 325 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Diego to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Diego, not just the most populated zip codes like 92154, 92105, 92126.
Landline phone service usage in San Diego is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.3% of San Diego's 1,429,653 people are over the age of 65, which means about 123,594 senior citizens in America's Finest City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 38,029 San Diegans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Diegans. 7.80% of San Diego's 511,662 households do not have the internet at all, which means 39,910 households can't use internet-based landline service.