Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Austin, 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 Austin, 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.

Landline phone service usage in Austin is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 9.4% of Austin's 1,028,225 people are over the age of 65, which means about 62,825 senior citizens in Bat City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 19,331 Austinites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Austinites. 10.20% of Austin's 395,280 households do not have the internet at all, which means 40,319 households can't use internet-based landline service.

According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 24,163 seniors in Austin 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 Austin residents to cell towers. And Austin is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Austin, covering 298 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Austin to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Austin, not just the most populated zip codes like 78746, 78733, 78703.