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Reliable home phone service in San Mateo, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 104,430
Total number of households with telephone service: 39,340
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 9,657
Number of senior citizens: 16,500
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,075
Number of cell towers: 9
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in San Mateo, CA that doesn't require internet
Baywood - Aragon, Baywood Knolls, Beresford Park, Casanova, Central - Serra, Downtown, Fiesta Gardens, Hillsdale, Laurelwood, North Central, San Mateo Park, Shoreview - Parkside, Sugarloaf, Sunnybrae, Westwood Knolls and many more.
City Population: 104,430
Total number of households with telephone service: 39,340
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 9,657
Number of senior citizens: 16,500
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,075
Number of cell towers: 9
*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 Mateo, 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 Mateo, 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 4,125 seniors in San Mateo 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 Mateo residents to cell towers. And San Mateo is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Mateo, covering 12 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Mateo to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Mateo, not just the most populated zip codes like 94403, 94404, 94401.
Landline phone service usage in San Mateo is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 6.8% of San Mateo's 104,430 people are over the age of 65, which means about 10,725 senior citizens in San Mateo still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,300 San Mateo residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Mateo residents. 6.8% of San Mateo's 39,072 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,657 households can't use internet-based landline service.
