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Reliable home phone service in Denton, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 151,219
Total number of households with telephone service: 57,963
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 10,504
Number of senior citizens: 17,088
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,398
Number of cell towers: 15
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Denton, TX that doesn't require internet
Argyle, Corinth, Downtown Denton, Guyer, Idiot's Hill, Northridge Estates, Oakmont, Robinson Oaks, Southridge, Southridge East, Southridge West, West Oak Estates, Wheeler Ridge, Wilson Elementary, Woodrow and many more.
City Population: 151,219
Total number of households with telephone service: 57,963
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 10,504
Number of senior citizens: 17,088
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,398
Number of cell towers: 15
*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 Denton, TX. 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 Denton, TX 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 4,272 seniors in Denton 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 Denton residents to cell towers. And Denton is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Denton, covering 88 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Denton to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Denton, not just the most populated zip codes like 75067, 75287, 75007.
Landline phone service usage in Denton is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 11.3% of Denton's 151,219 people are over the age of 65, which means about 11,107 senior citizens in Little D still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,418 Dentonites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Dentonites. 10.4% of Denton's 47,777 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,969 households can't use internet-based landline service.
