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Community Phone
Community Phone is a US telecommunications company that reinvents the landline for the mobile era. Its plug-and-play Landline Base connects an ordinary home phone to local cell towers, delivering dial tone without internet, copper wiring, or contracts. Founded in 2018 by James Graham after his grandmother was mis-sold an expensive cell phone, the Y Combinator-backed company offers transparent pricing, AI spam-call blocking, voicemail-to-text, and US-based human support to more than 25,000 homes and businesses - and was named Forbes' #1 Home Phone Service Provider of 2025.
James Graham
James Graham is the founder and CEO of Community Phone, a San Francisco-based telecommunications company that replaces traditional landlines with a cell-tower-connected device requiring no internet. Backed by Y Combinator, recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30, and a Thiel Fellow, Graham built Community Phone after watching his grandmother get sold a $1,000 phone she didn't need by a major carrier. The company now serves 25,000+ customers across all 50 U.S. states with no contracts, no hidden fees, and a 3-year price lock - principles that mirror Graham's belief that technology should serve people, not exploit them.