Reliable home phone service in Scottsdale, AZ that doesn't require internet
City Population: 258,839
Total number of households with telephone service: 119,122
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 39,310
Number of senior citizens: 65,597
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 36,078
Number of cell towers: 25
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Arizona
Reliable home phone service in Scottsdale, AZ that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 258,839
Total number of households with telephone service: 119,122
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 39,310
Number of senior citizens: 65,597
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 36,078
Number of cell towers: 25
*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 Scottsdale, AZ. 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 Scottsdale, AZ 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 16,399 seniors in Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale residents to cell towers. And Scottsdale is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Scottsdale, covering 184 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Scottsdale to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Scottsdale, not just the most populated zip codes like 85254, 85255, 85251.
Landline phone service usage in Scottsdale is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 24.4% of Scottsdale's 268,839 people are over the age of 65, which means about 42,638 senior citizens in The West's Most Western Town still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 13,119 Scottsdale residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Scottsdale residents. 7.00% of Scottsdale's 117,974 households do not have the internet at all, which means 8,258 households can't use internet-based landline service.