Homeless and poor can get free phones in many municipalities. I'm a technical consultant for the BigBurg app [http://www.informingdesign.com/bigburgh http://www

Homeless and poor can get free phones in many municipalities. I'm a technical consultant for the BigBurg app [http://www.informingdesign.com/bigburgh http://www.informingdesign.com/bigburgh] and getting free phones into people's hands in part of the project. It actually saves the municipalities money - which makes sense in our digital society. They are able to deliver social services more directly and at lower cost. Hopefully those free phone booths also have a USB port for charging.