Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in St. Clair Shores, 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 St. Clair Shores, 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 St. Clair Shores is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 20.40% of St. Clair Shores's 58,984 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,821 senior citizens in Hockeytown USA still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,407 St. Clair Shores residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many St. Clair Shores residents. 12.70% of St. Clair Shores's 27,039 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,434 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 3,008 seniors in St. Clair Shores 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 St. Clair Shores residents to cell towers. And St. Clair Shores is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in St. Clair Shores, covering 12 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in St. Clair Shores to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of St. Clair Shores, not just the most populated zip codes like 60016, 60018.