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Reliable home phone service in San Luis Obispo, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 47,459
Total number of households with telephone service: 21,689
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,338
Number of senior citizens: 6,407
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,524
Number of cell towers: 11
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
California
Reliable home phone service in San Luis Obispo, CA that doesn't require internet
Anholm, Broad Street Commercial Corridor, California Polytechnic State University, Downtown, Foothill Boulevard Corridor, Laguna Lake, Marsh Street District, Monterey Heights, Railroad District, San Luis Drive Corridor, Santa Rosa Park, Sinsheimer, South Hills, Stoneridge, Terrace Hill and many more.
City Population: 47,459
Total number of households with telephone service: 21,689
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,338
Number of senior citizens: 6,407
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,524
Number of cell towers: 11
*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 Luis Obispo, 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 Luis Obispo, 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 1,602 seniors in San Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo residents to cell towers. And San Luis Obispo is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Luis Obispo, covering 13 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Luis Obispo to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Luis Obispo, not just the most populated zip codes like 91722, 91724, 91723.
Landline phone service usage in San Luis Obispo is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.50% of San Luis Obispo's 47,459 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,165 senior citizens in SLO CAL still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,281 San Luis Obispans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Luis Obispans. 9.30% of San Luis Obispo's 19,114 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,778 households can't use internet-based landline service.
