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Reliable home phone service in San Jose, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 1,003,120
Total number of households with telephone service: 322,881
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 70,231
Number of senior citizens: 130,406
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 71,723
Number of cell towers: 55
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
California
Reliable home phone service in San Jose, CA that doesn't require internet
Almaden Valley, Blossom Valley, Cambrian Park, Downtown, East San Jose, Evergreen, North San Jose, Rose Garden, Santa Teresa, Silver Creek Valley, South San Jose, West San Jose, Willow Glen, Winchester and many more.
City Population: 1,003,120
Total number of households with telephone service: 322,881
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 70,231
Number of senior citizens: 130,406
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 71,723
Number of cell towers: 55
*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 Jose, 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 Jose, 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 32,601 seniors in San Jose 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 Jose residents to cell towers. And San Jose is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Jose, covering 177 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Jose to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Jose, not just the most populated zip codes like 95035, 95123, 95014.
Landline phone service usage in San Jose is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.0% of San Jose's 1,003,120 people are over the age of 65, which means about 84,764 senior citizens in the Capital of Silicon Valley still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 26,081 San Joseans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Joseans. 7.40% of San Jose's 324,340 households do not have the internet at all, which means 24,001 households can't use internet-based landline service.
