“Great home phone service with great reception. Customer service has always been top quality! Thank you so very much.”
Duane
Community Phone Customer
4.8Named Best Home Phone Service of 2026Reliable home phone service in Kansas
Get clear calls from the High Plains to downtown Wichita, even in a power outage. Just enter your address to confirm we cover you.
Landlines in Kansas are being retired
There’s a simple way to keep your home phone
AT&T is retiring parts of its landline network in at least 16 Kansas phone service areas. By the end of 2029, it plans to mostly phase out its traditional phone lines across the U.S.* Community Phone is a home phone that just works, without phone lines or internet. Plug it in, listen for the dial tone, and start making calls.
*Sources: Copper Sunset, Kansas retirement tracker; AT&T, 2024 Investor Day.
32,000+
Calls from Kansas customers every month
95+
Kansas towns and cities with Community Phone customers
4 of 4
Kansas area codes have Community Phone customers
5,600+
Spam calls blocked per month in Kansas
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“Nothing about my routine changed. Honestly, that was what sold me.”
See Alford’s Story“This was a great option for an older person that only wants to use a conventional phone that works off phone towers, not a mobile phone.”
William
KS
“We dropped our internet phone service because of the cost. My husband is 86 and a cell phone wasn’t an option. Community Phone came very quickly, and it was so easy to set up. We are very happy with our choice.”
Cheryl
Community Phone Customer
“Great home phone service with great reception. Customer service has always been top quality! Thank you so very much.”
Duane
Community Phone Customer
“Nothing about my routine changed. Honestly, that was what sold me.”
See Alford’s Story“This was a great option for an older person that only wants to use a conventional phone that works off phone towers, not a mobile phone.”
William
KS
“We dropped our internet phone service because of the cost. My husband is 86 and a cell phone wasn’t an option. Community Phone came very quickly, and it was so easy to set up. We are very happy with our choice.”
Cheryl
Community Phone Customer
“Great home phone service with great reception. Customer service has always been top quality! Thank you so very much.”
Duane
Community Phone Customer
“Nothing about my routine changed. Honestly, that was what sold me.”
See Alford’s Story“This was a great option for an older person that only wants to use a conventional phone that works off phone towers, not a mobile phone.”
William
KS
“We dropped our internet phone service because of the cost. My husband is 86 and a cell phone wasn’t an option. Community Phone came very quickly, and it was so easy to set up. We are very happy with our choice.”
Cheryl
Community Phone Customer
Cities we serve
Community Phone service across Kansas
We serve towns and cities throughout the Sunflower State. Find yours:
Don’t see where you live? Community Phone is in small towns and big cities all over Kansas. Just enter your street address above to find out if we cover you.
WichitaOverland ParkKansas CityOlatheTopekaLawrenceShawneeLenexaManhattanSalinaHutchinsonLeavenworthLeawoodGarden CityDodge CItyDerbyEmporiaGardnerJunction CityPrairie VillageHaysLiberalPittsburgNewtonAndoverGreat BendMcPhersonEl DoradoOttawaWinfieldArkansas CityHaysvilleLansingMerriamAtchisonChanuteParsonsCoffeyvilleWellingtonAbilene
Keep the same phone and number with no new tech to learn.
Community Phone isn’t a landline. But you pick it up the same way, dial it the same way, and keep the parts that matter to you.
You get
- Your existing number and handset, if you want to keep them
- Plug-in setup in 30 seconds, no technician
- Unlimited nationwide calling
- Spam and scam-call blocking
You avoid
- Switching to a cellphone
- Shutdown disruptions
- Contracts or hidden fees
- Having to buy a new phone
Built for Kansas
Kansas is unpredictable. Your phone shouldn’t be.
Storms cut off power without warning
Since 1980, Kansas has faced 102 separate billion-dollar weather disasters, 71 of them tornadoes, hail, and high winds. Three 2024 storms cut power to over 100,000 customers.* Community Phone’s backup battery keeps your phone working for 26 hours without power.
*Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Evergy storm reporting, 2024.
Rural Kansas has fewer options
More than 88,000 Kansas households have no internet subscription. The state says rural homes are too spread out for providers to reach with a wire.* Community Phone’s industrial-grade antennas provide strong coverage with no internet, even where cell phones struggle to hold a signal.
*Sources: Census ACS 2024 1-year, B28002; Kansas BEAD Five-Year Plan, 2023.
Kansas is a target for senior fraud
Kansans over 60 reported more than $55 million in fraud losses in 2025.* On average, Community Phone blocks 5,500+ scam calls per month in Kansas. For customers using the robocall filter, 58% of all incoming calls were caught as spam.
*Source: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 Annual Report.
Phone repairs take far too long
Kansas asks phone companies to average 30 hours on repairs. The state’s biggest phone company is exempt from that time frame.* With Community Phone there’s no wire to repair or technician to wait for. If you need help, talk to a real person in under a minute. No robots.
*Sources: Kansas Corporation Commission, Quality of Service Plan, Docket No. 191,206-U. KCC telecommunications consumer guidance.
Phone rates in Kansas keep going up
In 2011, Kansas stopped setting the price its biggest phone company charges, across all 134 areas it serves.* There’s no cap on internet-based phone service either; rates jump when promos end. Community Phone has a Three-Year Price Lock, no contract or hidden fees.
*Sources: Kansas Corporation Commission price deregulation reports. K.S.A. 66-2005(x).
Kansas phone fact
By 1905 nearly every Kansas village had an exchange, and it wasn’t unusual for a town to have two telephone companies that couldn’t reach each other. So people kept two telephones, one on each system, to stay in touch with the whole town.
Kansans have never been willing to be out of touch with their community. Today, more than 165,000 Kansas homes still have a home phone.* You can keep yours.
*Source: 2026 FCC Voice Telephone Services report, data as of December 31, 2024.
Frequently asked questions about Community Phone in Kansas
AT&T has been retiring parts of its traditional landline network in Kansas, one local area at a time. There is no single date when service will end statewide, so the timing depends on where you live. When a retirement would permanently end telephone service, AT&T must notify affected customers and obtain FCC authorization. Customers may be asked to switch to fiber, wireless, or another available phone service. Community Phone doesn’t use copper wire or internet, so none of this affects your service.
*Sources: AT&T copper-retirement notice ATT20250240C.1; 47 CFR §63.71.
We have customers in 95+ Kansas cities and towns, across all 4 of the state’s area codes. Just enter your exact address and we’ll make sure there’s strong coverage where you live. The Phone Base uses industrial-grade antennas to pull in the strongest local tower, so calls stay clear even in rural areas where cell service is spotty. We confirm you have strong service before we ship anything. But if you still wind up feeling you’re not getting the coverage you expected, we’ll give you a full refund.
No, Community Phone is not a cell phone. It’s a home phone that sits on your table and plugs into a power outlet. Community Phone’s industrial-grade antennas pull in the strongest local tower, so calls stay clear where cell phones get spotty service.
Community Phone’s Home Plan starts at $45/mo, or $41.25/mo on the annual plan.
We also offer two other plans for your home:
Home Premium adds features such as call forwarding, number blocking and voicemail you can read as texts. It’s $59/mo, or $54.10/mo on the annual plan.
Loved Ones adds features such as voicemail transcriptions and managing an allowed list of trusted numbers. It’s $89/mo, or $81.60/mo on the annual plan.
The annual version of every plan includes one month free. Your rate is covered by our Three-Year Price Lock, and there’s no contract, so you can cancel anytime. Traditional providers lock you into long contracts and nickel-and-dime you with hidden fees. We don’t do either.
Before you pay a thing, we’ll confirm that you have strong coverage at your address. If you don’t, you get your money back.
Yes, you can keep your number and area code if you want to. We have customers across all 4 of Kansas’s area codes. If you decide to keep your number, we’ll help you transfer it over. We’ll call your phone company for you if we can. If your carrier needs to get the transfer PIN directly from you, keep your last phone bill handy and we’ll walk you through the call.
Easier than you think. All you need is a power outlet and, if you’re keeping your number, a recent phone bill.
- We ship you the Phone Base. One dedicated representative handles your switch from start to finish.
- Plug it into a power outlet and wait for the dial tone. 30 seconds, no tools, no technician, no internet.
- Plug in the phone you already have. If you like your handset, keep it.
- Keep your number. We’ll transfer it for you. If your carrier needs a transfer PIN, we’ll walk you through that call.
Chances are, we’re already in your Kansas neighborhood.
Whether you’re calling family from a wheat farm outside Hays or checking in on your mom from a kitchen in Topeka, you get the same dial tone. Confirm coverage at your address.