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
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> ----- 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.
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