[Blueflag]

OK, before we get our panties totally in a wad, bear in mind the “lifeline” LANDLINE services have been the law for years.

Thousands and thousands of old fashioned Bell Telephone 1FR land lines, subsidized by other paying customers, are in the homes of the indigent already.

If you have a phone and cannot pay your bill, the phone company call cut off your LD and calling, but cannot cut off your 911 “lifeline” access. These landlines cost “us” a lot more to keep lit up than providing these folks with a few minutes of air time.

[Blueflag]

“call cut off” should be “can cut off”

[Erik Latranyi]

If you have a phone and cannot pay your bill, the phone company call cut off your LD and calling, but cannot cut off your 911 “lifeline” access.

How did that morph into giving a free phone with free minutes every month?!