what I have a problem within the "obama" phones are inaccessible. can i take the sim and put it in my unlocked i phone 3gs that has no service?  I doubt it.
On Jun 23, 2013, at 11:28 AM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
> I do not have a problem with people having a phone in the Lifeline system.
> I do have a problem with people having a phone with a reduced rate at home and phones from more than one company. 
> I have already donated a phone to our Battered Women's program for use by those who need them.
> I have no problem with people who get a phone for use with 911.
> I just want people to follow the rules.
> Colleen Roth
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
> Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013 8:02 am
> Subject: Re: Fw: Obama phones and the FCC
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Why is it that when any project supported by our president is disliked by 
>> somebody, they give it his name as a sign of disrespect?
>> 
>> Their is always a sense of jealousy when anybody gets something for free 
>> that we had to pay for with our hard earned money.  On the other hand, our 
>> relationship to a phone has changed so drastically, that the need for access 
>> makes some abuse tolerable.  For example, any cell phone, as long as it has 
>> a charge will call 911.  The domestic violence centers therefore give them 
>> to potential victims of domestic violence, so that the people will have 
>> another option to increase their safety.  The entire HMO based Health care 
>> system runs on the assumption of being able to communicate with patients by 
>> phone.  Obviously, when a person is homeless, a land based phone line isn't 
>> very useful.  With no installation costs, a cell phone becomes the most cost 
>> effective way of providing a communications option for citizens who live in 
>> poverty.  Remember, the phones are limited in features and time.  Are some 
>> sold for drugs?  Probably.  Would you rather that those people stole your 
>> stuff to sell for drugs?  How about selling their children for drugs?  As 
>> long as their are actively consuming drugs, and as long as they have become 
>> addicted to those drugs.  They will do what ever is necessary to obtain the 
>> drugs.  Better that they have a phone to arrange for drug treatment through 
>> their HMO's if and when they choose to.
>> 
>> If one person does that every month, doesn't that make the investment worth 
>> it?  How about the people that call the nurse rather than charge off in 
>> panic for the unnecessary $200 emergency room visit?  You can pay for a lot 
>> of phones with the cost savings there.
>> 
>> Are we, the consumers of our wonderful NLS going to complain that somebody 
>> else is getting something that we are not getting?  Of all people I don't 
>> think we want to bark up that tree.  How many of us paid for our entire 
>> educations, paid for every dime of our adaptive technology?  Never used 
>> subsidized public transportation?  Drove on a road that we paid for?  Oh and 
>> bought only unsubsidized farm products.  Everybody pays for some things 
>> while they are using other things.
>> 
>> No president is perfectly right and no president is perfectly wrong.  also 
>> no president is all powerful.  The executive branch is 1/3 of the 
>> government.