Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in New Orleans, LA. 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 New Orleans, LA 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 New Orleans is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.8% of New Orleans's 387,564 people are over the age of 65, which means about 37,284 senior citizens in The Big Easy still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 11,472 New Orleanians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many New Orleanians. 21.90% of New Orleans's 154,826 households do not have the internet at all, which means 33,907 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 14,340 seniors in New Orleans 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 New Orleans residents to cell towers. And New Orleans is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in New Orleans, covering 169 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in New Orleans to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of New Orleans, not just the most populated zip codes like 70726, 70072, 70065.