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Originally Posted by spence
Since 1996 there has been a program to subsidize phone access for the poor, mostly as a safety mechanism.
I believe it's funded through a small fee on your phone bill.
To my knowledge that's the only government sponsored way to get phone access without paying.
-spence
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And in 2008 it was made to include cell phones and went from a 200 million dollar program to a multi billion dollar entitlement... That's why they are called "Obama phone"
http://www.fcc.gov/lifeline
The good news Spence is that as part of a tribal nation you can get one too