Comments on: Free Lifeline Cell Phone Service

By: chelle

chelle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:32:13 +0000

loyd: they could be using free wireless. i leave my network open for everyone to use for just that reason. or they could be at the library or a friend’s house. who knows?

By: Jeff Petersen

Jeff Petersen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:58:11 +0000

I live in Colorado and wounder when I can sign up for a phone ?
My zip code is 80110?

By: Loyd Wright

Loyd Wright — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:07 +0000

I would like to know how those that are on limited income have the use of the internet? If so, what are they using for a carrier?

By: Rachel Pearson

Rachel Pearson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:27:34 +0000

I live in ohio but my zipcode 43903 is not covered so I cant even get this service and I have a handicapped child and a child with asthma and my husband is diabetic and i have disability as well this is not fair it should provide for every one not just some areas so now i cant even get a cell phone and im not able to afford the contracts for other ones

By: JOHN

JOHN — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:16:06 +0000

THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE HERE WHERE I LIVE IN MA.
I HAD MY PHONE NOW FOR 3 MONTHS IT CAME IN HANDY FOR ME LAST WEEK WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN . LUCKLY I HAD SERVICE WHERE MY CAR BROKE DOWN UP TOWN. I WAS ABLE TO CALL MY SON TO COME HELP . I GET 80 MIN A MONTH . THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO GET A CELLPHONE. NO SERVICE WHERE I LIVE BUT IT STARTS 2 MILES DOWN ROAD, BUT NEITHER DOES ANY CELL COMPANYDUE TO LIVING NEAR MOUNTAINS AND HILLS. THANK YOU SAFE LINKWIRELESS .

By: Tina Hogan

Tina Hogan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:21:11 +0000

I agree with the general consensus. I am only 44, am disabled but still drive. When my husband and I are not together he worries terribly. There have been plenty of times that I have been in need of a phone to get help – due to my disability. If anyone knows if this is in existence in Chicago, please pass on the link.

Thank you

By: kathy Marshall

kathy Marshall — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:28:21 +0000

i am disable and need a free cell phone, until I can get one I think this is a good program, so many people can’t afford a cell phone. I’ve been in many emergency and had no way to get help except to walk and I was in no means and way of walking for help. This is a good thing.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:08:47 +0000

Hey, “Another Step Towards Socialsim”: It obviously is YOU who are thinking “all about [you}”–and not about the truly needy! And, frankly, this plan strikes me as compatible of the thinking not of the brutal, tryannical U.S..S.R. but of enlightened western democracies such as Great Britain, Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, etc., who put the genuine welfare of citizens first (knowing that what’s good for the most is best for all, and that opportunity breeds success) over “screw everyone, me-firsters”…ahem, such as… you. We just have seen the mess into which having the top 1% of the richest Americans owning 24% of the nation’s wealth has gotten us–the Great Recession. Unthinking/unfeeling kneejerk (anphasis on JERK!) reactionaries such as you are on the way out. Good riddance, muchacho. (BTW, what federal programs HAVE you qualified for–in the ’60s, ’70s, (welfare, food stamps, section or even today: Tax breaks for the rich? That most EXPENSIVE WELFARE PROGRAM EVER? Good Riddance to King George II and all his greedy lackeys…I’m looking into this program for an lederly black neighbor, who is subsisting on next to NOTHING, after having worked every weary day of her life. She’s 76 years old, and still travels 60+ miles to work one-way, and can’t afford a cell phone for safety on the interstate…shame on you for telling her she should be ashamed to have this service, which may well be lifesaving for her!

By: Another Step Toward Socialism

Another Step Toward Socialism — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:00:58 +0000

This is just another sad step toward socialism and bleeding money out of the pockets of those who work. Back in the 60’s & 70’s when my family was dirt poor I don’t recall the government coming to our aid to give us a free phone line. We’re going to end up just like the USSR if this keeps going. Where do these government programs stop? You seniors who are commenting on this should be wise enough to realize this. Let’s do what is best for the country and stop this “all about me” thinking.

By: Karen Elliott

Karen Elliott — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:53:35 +0000

This is becoming a sad situation in my great state of Arkansas – I have been waiting months for Arkansas to get the free cell phone for those of us who are eligible and yet still not available in this state, yet so many other states are being added every month. At this point I am tired of getting my hopes up that this will be the month for Arkansas, what is it just because we are known as a state that doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of the rest of the world. So very sad that we are once again the state to be forgotten or last to be noticed. So many in need but yet always forgotten.