Free cell phones

Ha ha yes just found out you can get a free cell phone and mins every month if you are low income got mine now go get yours. https://www.safelinkwireless.com/EnrollmentPu...
I love free stuff

SafeLink Wireless is a government supported program
that provides a free cell phone and airtime each
month for income-eligible customers
It's been here in Illinois sense Oct. My friend has one you need to have like a med card or get food stamps to qualify.

General Eligibility Programs

You are eligible if you receive benefits from one of the following programs:

* Federal Public Housing Assistance / Section 8
* Food Stamps
* Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
* Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
* National School Lunch (free program only)
* Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
* Medicaid

A form must be completed to indicate that you participate in one of these programs.

This is to the one's who have been on assistance and do NOTHING to get off it..........
Free phones, free food, free medical, free rent, assistance with power, etc. etc.....GET A JOB!! I'm sick of supporting other peoples family...PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!

I went to the site and got informed so before ya all get your panties in a bunch READ. You also only get 60 free min. a month.

LIFELINE/SAFELINK FACT SHEET
There is no "Obama phone" or other newly created federal program to provide free cell phones. As you may know, this is a myth that is now circulating on the Web via email and blog sites. It has been thoroughly debunked by independent groups.(See for example: FactCheck.org at http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/the-obama-ph... , which notes: "Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it."
The federal "Lifeline" program was created during the Reagan Administration. Lifeline is a federal program created by the Reagan era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1984. The program was enhanced under Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was supported on a broadly bipartisan basis in Congress. The FCC’s Low Income Program of the Universal Service Fund, which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), is designed to ensure that quality telecommunications services are available to low-income customers at just, reasonable, and affordable rates. Lifeline support reduces eligible low-income consumers' monthly charges for basic telephone service.
Thanks to SafeLink, Lifeline support is now available for wireless phones. Traditionally, the Lifeline program was only available as a discount on a consumer’s landline telephone bill. SafeLink Wireless was created by TracFone Wireless, Inc. when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved the company to offer Lifeline -- a public assistance program that ensures telephone service is available and affordable for low-income subscribers. SafeLink Wireless applies the Universal Service Fund subsidy to an allotment of free airtime minutes and TracFone provides the wireless handset at the company’s expense. Instead of receiving a subsidized monthly telephone bill for Lifeline service, SafeLink converts the total amount of discounted service into minutes each month for one year. The cell phone offers in-demand features: voicemail, text, three-way calling, call waiting, caller ID and access to 911.
SafeLink phones are not paid for by taxpayers or the federal government. TracFone Wireless pays for the phones and also the cost of promoting its SafeLink program to make sure that eligible consumers know about the program.
SafeLink Wireless is making the vision of universal access to telecommunications services for all Americans a reality. As of October 2009, SafeLink has over 2 million customers and is available in 21 states - Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin - and the District of Columbia. Today, there are over 1,700 companies in the United States currently providing discounted telephone service. But, thanks to its extensive outreach promoting SafeLink, TracFone Wireless is one of the largest providers of Lifeline services in the United States, second only to AT&T.
Only certain Americans are eligible for SafeLink. Eligibility guidelines vary by state but in general individuals qualify if they participate in a public assistance program such as Food Stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), National Free School Lunch, Federal Housing/Section 8 Assistance, or if they do not receive any of these public assistance programs, they may also qualify based on total household gross monthly income. Customers can learn more or apply by calling 1-800-SAFELINK or visiting www.SafeLink.com

Your exact benefits, including the number of free Minutes you will receive, depend on the state you live in.

.....You also only get 60 min. free a month. Ya need to be informed before shootin off your mouth. I was ready to blitch and thought I better get the facts first.

this is wierd. I post 2 postings first only one shows up so I repost my 1st posting now the second posting is gone and only the first shows up. I try again if I double or triple post it aint my fault.

There..thats better...wonder if they will stay put this time.

Irish Rose wrote:

.....You also only get 60 min. free a month. Ya need to be informed before shootin off your mouth. I was ready to blitch and thought I better get the facts first.

You beat me to the punch..People need to check it out and be more informed,and quit spreading these un trues...

what is untrue I said you can get a free phone and free mins whats untrue about this?

just passing on the word some one out there might need this say for a grandma this is perfect or if your trying to get a job now you can be contacted no excuses why you can get a job. Fill out the app and they now have a way to contact you.

getting a free phone and 60 mins well thats jus anpther reason for people not to get off thier lazy no good a$$ and get a job jus give them more free $hit huh tired of supporting them there should be a limit to what u get like people outhere selling there link to get whatever they want well is boll $hit i hate people like that!!!!

and they don't use it for people to get a hold of them for a job come on now get real its dumb lets jus give the lazy and drug dealers more free $hit!!!

"Get a life" your not that ignorant your just tryng to get a rise out of people by being an ass.

60 mnz is not alot of time people... stop your crying... Now they have a way for jobs to contact them. It is annoying if they dont.. i know .. i get phone calls for my brother alot.. Then I have to track him down... He is not a low life. Just someone wit huge health issues, a bad heart... Stop stereotyping.

Get A Job wrote:

getting a free phone and 60 mins well thats jus anpther reason for people not to get off thier lazy no good a$$ and get a job jus give them more free $hit huh tired of supporting them there should be a limit to what u get like people outhere selling there link to get whatever they want well is boll $hit i hate people like that!!!!

I agree!! Get free link then sale it to make a profit. It's pathetic! What they should give free to the ones who keep getting EVERYTHING free is a mandatory fix so they cant keep havin kids 4 us tax payers to support!!!

HOW would u like it if u had a relative with no phone and a health crisis with no way to get help that is what this is for

wtg wrote:

HOW would u like it if u had a relative with no phone and a health crisis with no way to get help that is what this is for

Who are you referring to?

referring to get a job