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Saturday, February 11, 2012

A Free Government Cell Phone When you Cant Afford One

By Tanya Brads


Sometimes the choice to have the kind of life that you want is beyond you. When you dont have a college degree to help you look for a well paying job, you end on the other side- with a low paying job that hardly suffices. Your primary concerns are food shelter and clothing. Anything else above that is considered as an unnecessary expense. Its bad enough when you are struggling to make a life, but when you have no means to contact anyone while you do that, its even worse. Thats where the government steps in and gives free cell phones.

They arent business or multimedia devices, but the free government cell phones do enable you to make and receive calls. With a plan that allows you some free minutes every month, you are able to reach your close acquaintances and keep in touch from time to time. The minutes are not too many, with 180 being the average. These are not enough to allow you call every other day, but you do get to call when you really have to. If you dont, then the minutes are not taken away. Rather they are pushed to the next month where you can use them then.

To get a free government cell phone, you need to be eligible first. When you in the low-income earners bracket, and depend on aid programs like Medicaid to get buy, then you qualify. You need to fill out a form and give some details such as the last digits of your social security number and the much you made in the last one year. These details are not standard, and may differ on some accounts. When your application goes through, you get the phone with free minutes. You are at liberty to renew the plan every month.

When you happen to use up all your minutes the few weeks before the month is due, you can purchase some more. But it defeats the purpose of the program when you do this so its best to learn how to refrain.

The giving out of free phones started way back when cellular devices started becoming more and more common. But over the years, not all states have been completely covered by the program. Those that have are listed in a government directory, so its best to ascertain that first before you proceed to making an application.

When you can stand on your two financial feet again, you can discontinue your membership. Your phone is not taken away when you do this, so you can keep using it with a more comprehensive plan that you pay for.




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