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Old 09-28-2012, 08:10 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Bronko View Post
Not sure what type of phones they got.... but they got them and they were free.
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.

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