Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Grand Prairie, 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 Grand Prairie, 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 Grand Prairie is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 10.1% of Grand Prairie's 196,205 people are over the age of 65, which means about 12,881 senior citizens in G.P. still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,963 Grand Prairians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Grand Prairians. 13.7% of Grand Prairie's 62,679 households do not have the internet at all, which means 8,587 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 4,954 seniors in Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie residents to cell towers. And Grand Prairie is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Grand Prairie, covering 72 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Grand Prairie to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Grand Prairie, not just the most populated zip codes like 75052, 75050, 75051.