Goes back quite a ways:

http://www.fcc.gov/lifeline

1985 I believe is when it started...

Mike Marlow wrote:
Rant - This country is screwed up




Amen brother!
the sick, twisted adults that were behind this video should be thrown in jail. It's unbelievable the lengths that the left will go to advance their agenda.
Childhood innocence be damned.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...e-feminist-ad/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqHYzYn3WZw



































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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:54:40 +0000, Chris Logan
wrote:

Mike Marlow wrote:
Rant - This country is screwed up




Amen brother!
the sick, twisted adults that were behind this video should be thrown in jail. It's unbelievable the lengths that the left will go to advance their agenda.
Childhood innocence be damned.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...e-feminist-ad/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqHYzYn3WZw


One would think there would be a case for child abuse here.
Unfortunately, we all know our fund raiser-in-chief would never let
his attorney general waste his time on that.

Lew Hodgett wrote:

Did you see the bit from the UK the other day?

They are running a test in London by converting abandoned pay
phone booths into charging stations for phones/electronics/etc.
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"sofarris" wrote:

This is really interesting, have you got a link for this Lew?
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Nope.

Lew





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pentapus wrote:
On 10/14/2014 11:23 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
pentapus wrote:
On 10/14/2014 9:58 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/26/tech...e-free-phones/

The subsidy is from a government-created program called Lifeline, which
is paid for by customer fees on most phone bills. The program is
overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, and has its roots in
a universal access initiative that began in 1985, during Ronald Reagan's
administration.


Here's how it works: If you're eligible for other forms of government
assistance like Medicaid or food stamps (the rules differ by state),
then you qualify to receive a $9.25 per month phone subsidy.


Participating wireless companies will typically offer a free phone (paid
for by the company), with an allotment of Lifeline minutes each month.
Lifeline subscribers can collect only one monthly subsidy, for either a
landline or a wireless phone. Around 75% of them have chosen to go wireless.

Where does the money for Lifeline subsidy come from? You.
Take a look at your phone bill and you'll see a charge -- typically a
few dollars a month -- for payments to the "Universal Service Fund."
That's the umbrella program covering various ventures, including
Lifeline, that are designed to make telephone communications universally
available to all Americans.

how about more pay phones? bring them back

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:30:22 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

pentapus wrote:
On 10/14/2014 11:23 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
pentapus wrote:
On 10/14/2014 9:58 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/26/tech...e-free-phones/

The subsidy is from a government-created program called Lifeline, which
is paid for by customer fees on most phone bills. The program is
overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, and has its roots in
a universal access initiative that began in 1985, during Ronald Reagan's
administration.


Here's how it works: If you're eligible for other forms of government
assistance like Medicaid or food stamps (the rules differ by state),
then you qualify to receive a $9.25 per month phone subsidy.


Participating wireless companies will typically offer a free phone (paid
for by the company), with an allotment of Lifeline minutes each month.
Lifeline subscribers can collect only one monthly subsidy, for either a
landline or a wireless phone. Around 75% of them have chosen to go wireless.

Where does the money for Lifeline subsidy come from? You.
Take a look at your phone bill and you'll see a charge -- typically a
few dollars a month -- for payments to the "Universal Service Fund."
That's the umbrella program covering various ventures, including
Lifeline, that are designed to make telephone communications universally
available to all Americans.

how about more pay phones? bring them back

Sounds like a good business venture for you.

Contrarian wrote:

how about more pay phones? bring them back

Don't hold your breath - those things are dead. Museum pieces now.

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-Mike-

On 10/29/2014 04:50 PM, Edward A. Falk wrote:
In article om,
Doug Winterburn wrote:

I was referring to the cell phone subsidies for the poor, which
started this thread.

It's very unlikely that cell phone subsidies for the poor were started
in the Reagan administration - unless the gov was spending thousands per
person on the cell phone technology of the '80s.

To be precise, telephone subsidies ("Lifeline") started under
Reagan, and became the cell phone subsidies we see today.


Then why did you state:

"I was referring to the cell phone subsidies for the poor, which
started this thread." ?

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"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

On 10/29/2014 06:42 PM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
On 10/29/2014 04:50 PM, Edward A. Falk wrote:
In article om,
Doug Winterburn wrote:

I was referring to the cell phone subsidies for the poor, which
started this thread.

It's very unlikely that cell phone subsidies for the poor were started
in the Reagan administration - unless the gov was spending thousands per
person on the cell phone technology of the '80s.

To be precise, telephone subsidies ("Lifeline") started under
Reagan, and became the cell phone subsidies we see today.


Then why did you state:

"I was referring to the cell phone subsidies for the poor, which
started this thread." ?


....and to be precise, Reagan didn't start cell phone subsidies.


--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill

On 10/29/2014 7:30 PM, Contrarian wrote:


how about more pay phones? bring them back


Who should pay for them? If profitable, they'd still be there.