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Simple, dependable, affordable home phone service, with no copper cables or internet required, starting at $39/month.
Community Phone offers unlimited local and long-distance calling by connecting your landline phone to cell phone towers in your area.
If you do not have coverage, you can send it back to us for a refund.
Take full control over your phone service experience. Schedule a demo today.
Get a new toll free or local area code number, and choose the rest of the digits.
Forward calls from a cell phone or landline, and get rid of your existing phone service completely.
Take full control over your phone service experience. Schedule a demo today.
Get a new toll free or local area code number, and choose the rest of the digits.
Forward calls from a cell phone or landline, and get rid of your existing phone service completely.
Get $50 off your landline base, and your first three months of service for just $29/month. To get started, call us at 866-969-4886 and ask our sales representatives about our Senior Discount.
Virginia
Reliable home phone service in Blacksburg, VA that doesn't require internet
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Blacksburg, VA. 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 Blacksburg, VA 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 719 seniors in Blacksburg 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 Blacksburg residents to cell towers. And Blacksburg is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Blacksburg, covering 20 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Blacksburg to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Blacksburg, not just the most populated zip codes like 7601.
Landline phone service usage in Blacksburg is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 6.50% of Blacksburg's 44,233 people are over the age of 65, which means about 1,869 senior citizens in Blacksburg still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 575 Blacksburgers completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Blacksburgers. 5.60% of Blacksburg's 12,935 households do not have the internet at all, which means 724 households can't use internet-based landline service.
