Safelink – Free Government Cell Phone for Low Income People
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This is a government program for a free cell phone plan or internet service. The phone service provides unlimited talk and text for consumers who qualify as low income.
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Before anyone signs up for SafeLink, please Google “SafeLink sleepygirl” without the quotes, and read her excellent write-up.
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Apparently there are over a frozen companies offering this service: https://www.hotspotsetup.net/the-14-best-free-government-cell-phones-2019/
SafeLink Wireless You will get a free phone with 350 minutes and unlimited texts plus 500 MB data with SafeLink Wireless. If you live in California, you get a free Android phone with unlimited minutes and texts plus 500 MB of data. SafeLink is the oldest and the most trusted in 40 states including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. For states other than California, there are two kinds of programs: one program requires you to bring your own compatible phone to get a free SIM card with 350 free minutes and unlimited texts per month plus free data for three months and 500 MB for the succeeding months. Another plan is the free phone plan where you get a free smartphone with 350 minutes and unlimited free texts plus 500 MB of free data every month.
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@fivetalents What model is the phone and what if it fails?
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@myisland said in Safelink – Free Government Cell Phone for Low Income People:
@fivetalents What model is the phone and what if it fails?
Unfortunately, I have no idea. I never heard of them before today. I found the info above via Google search.
The is their contact page: https://www.safelink.com/wps/portal/home/h/contactus
I suspect models vary by state because you need to enter your zip code just to see the local income requirements for your location:
https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Enrollment/Safelink/en/Web/www/default/index.html#!/howToQualifyFAQs:
https://support.safelinkwireless.com/expresshelp/lifelineI doubt it will be a phone you’d actually want unless you only want it for emergency calls, but you can upgrade: Provided you qualify for SafeLink Wireless service, we will send you a phone or SIM card that will allow you to enjoy the service at NO COST. Now you can upgrade your current SafeLink phone to a phone of your choice, even a smartphone! Choose below to bring your own phone or to buy one of our available models and we’ll guide you through the quick and easy process.
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Safelink is a Tracfone company. There are posts about both on Howard Forums and Turk Forums that are dedicated to discussing cell phones and the different companies that provide service. With Safelink one can purchase a Tracfone phone to use if their not happy with the phone sent to them.
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Moved to Deal Discussion.
Government programs for low income families (whether state or federal) encompass many things and aren’t ‘hot deals’ in the true sense of the word.
It would be like putting applications for WIC or Food Stamps based on income in HD too.
If a private company is offering a deal (ie Comcast Cable) based on income, that’s another matter.
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In CT, you’re on a state assisted program, you’ll qualify for one.
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I edited my post to include links to places where Tracfone and Safelink are discussed more in depth.
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Anybody know which of these use verizon towers, and signal?
