Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Rochester Hills, MI. 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 Rochester Hills, MI 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 Rochester Hills is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.6% of Rochester Hills's 74,516 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,525 senior citizens in The Chester still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,623 Rochester Hills residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Rochester Hills residents. 7.70% of Rochester Hills's 28,766 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,215 households can't use internet-based landline service.

Moreover, according to more survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 3,279 seniors in Rochester Hills 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 Rochester Hills residents to cell towers. And Rochester Hills is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Rochester Hills, covering 33 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Rochester Hills to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Rochester Hills, not just the most populated zip codes like 48307, 48309.