Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in San Angelo, 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 San Angelo, 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 San Angelo is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.7% of San Angelo's 101,004 people are over the age of 65, which means about 10,307 senior citizens in The End of the Rainbow still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,172 San Angeloans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Angeloans. 20.2% of San Angelo's 36,843 households do not have the internet at all, which means 7,442 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 3,964 seniors in San Angelo 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 San Angelo residents to cell towers. And San Angelo is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Angelo, covering 57 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Angelo to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Angelo, not just the most populated zip codes like 76905, 76901, 76903.