> I understand that citizens of the USA can qualify for a state-provided phone and number, but I think that's quite rare. The so called “Obama phones”, not so

> I understand that citizens of the USA can qualify for a state-provided phone and number, but I think that's quite rare. The so called “Obama phones”, not so rare… They also have low-income landline programs, I believe, along with low-income home internet plans but I think the internet ones are for households with school age children judging by the radio ads I used to hear.