Reliable home phone service in Stockton, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 322120
Total number of households with telephone service: 97,447
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 22,875
Number of senior citizens: 39,172
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 21,545
Number of cell towers: 32
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Stockton, CA that doesn't require internet
Brookside, Civic Center, Country Club, Downtown, Lakeview, Lincoln Village West, Pacific, Park, Seaport, Sherwood Manor, Spanos Park, Stonewood, Swain Oaks, Venetian Bridges, Weston Ranch and many more.
City Population: 322120
Total number of households with telephone service: 97,447
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 22,875
Number of senior citizens: 39,172
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 21,545
Number of cell towers: 32
*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 Stockton, 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 Stockton, 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 9,793 seniors in Stockton 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 Stockton residents to cell towers. And Stockton is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Stockton, covering 62 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Stockton to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Stockton, not just the most populated zip codes like 95206, 95207, 95210.
Landline phone service usage in Stockton is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.4% of Stockton's 315,904 people are over the age of 65, which means about 25,462 senior citizens in Weberville still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 7,834 Stocktonians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Stocktonians. 16.7% of Stockton's 95,236 households do not have the internet at all, which means 15,904 households can't use internet-based landline service.