Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Sterling Heights, 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 Sterling Heights, 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 Sterling Heights is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.3% of Sterling Heights's 132,438 people are over the age of 65, which means about 14,893 senior citizens in Little Baghdad still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 4,582 Sterling Heights residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.

Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Sterling Heights residents. 9.80% of Sterling Heights's 50,516 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,951 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 5,728 seniors in Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights residents to cell towers. And Sterling Heights is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Sterling Heights, covering 37 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Sterling Heights to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Sterling Heights, not just the most populated zip codes like 48310, 48313, 48312.