Reliable home phone service in Spokane Valley, WA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 101,060
Total number of households with telephone service: 44,047
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 10,864
Number of senior citizens: 17,686
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,727
Number of cell towers: 50
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Washington
Reliable home phone service in Spokane Valley, WA that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 101,060
Total number of households with telephone service: 44,047
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 10,864
Number of senior citizens: 17,686
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,727
Number of cell towers: 50
*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 Spokane Valley, WA. 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 Spokane Valley, WA 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 15,987 seniors in Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach residents to cell towers. And Virginia Beach is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Virginia Beach, covering 249 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Virginia Beach to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Virginia Beach, not just the most populated zip codes like 22193, 23464, 22191.
Landline phone service usage in Virginia Beach is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.2% of Virginia Beach's 450,349 people are over the age of 65, which means about 41,567 senior citizens in America's First Region still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 12,790 Virginians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Virginians. 8.3% of Virginia Beach's 172,452 households do not have the internet at all, which means 14,314 households can't use internet-based landline service.