Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in San Francisco, CA. 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 Francisco, CA 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 Francisco is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 16.1% of San Francisco's 884,108 people are over the age of 65, which means about 92,522 senior citizens in The Golden City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 28,468 San Franciscans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many San Franciscans. 10.50% of San Francisco's 362,141 households do not have the internet at all, which means 38,025 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 35,585 seniors in San Francisco 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 Francisco residents to cell towers. And San Francisco is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in San Francisco, covering 47 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in San Francisco to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of San Francisco, not just the most populated zip codes like 94112, 94110, 94122.