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Is it the BidenPhone? Free unlimited talk, unlimited text AND unlimited data for a limited time

May 30, 2021 | | Filed Under: Internet Tagged With: Emergency Broadband Benefit, FCC

Maybe it’s time to change the name from ObamaPhone to BidenPhone, because Uncle Joe and the Federal Communications Commission just announced Christmas in May for free government cell phone customers.

Because of the damage the Covid pandemic has wreaked on the lives of low-income Americans, the Lifeline free government cell phone plan has been expanded and now offers free unlimited talk, free unlimited text, AND free unlimited data.

Yes, you read that correctly. Free unlimited talk, free unlimited texts, and free unlimited data.

These new, added benefits are available from EVERY Lifeline service provider and some providers are trying to put their own spin on it, but no matter what name they may give it, its real name is EBB (the Emergency Broadband Benefit).

Here’s a good example of what we mean. Assurance Wireless, one of the largest Lifeline free government cell phone service providers, calls it Assurance Wireless Unlimited and tries to make it sound like a plan they developed on their own.

Assurance Wireless can now offer you our most generous cell phone plan yet — Assurance Wireless Unlimited. It combines our Lifeline service with the temporary Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) to give eligible customers Unlimited Data & Texts & Minutes, plus 10GB Hotspot Data. See if you qualify today!

No matter what self-promotional name they tag it with, it is the Emergency Broadband Benefit. And you can start getting those benefits — unlimited free talk, unlimited free text, and unlimited data — immediately.

If you are a current Lifeline customer, just contact your service provider’s customer service team to opt-in. Just call 6-1-1 on your free government cell phone.

If you are not yet a Lifeline customer, but you qualify, contact a service provider in your state to enroll. You can find all those plans at this link.

Remember that this is a limited time offer. The economy seems to be recovering at a rapid rate, so there’s no telling how long this great benefit will be offered.

Enroll today to get unlimited everything including all the gigabytes you need to search for a new job, to contact medical service providers, and to participate in virtual classrooms.

Important Pages

  • A guide to Obama Phone providers in your state
  • Obama Phone News & Updates
  • What is the Obama Phone?
  • Who qualifies for an Obama Phone?
    • Tribal Head Start
    • Veterans Pension and Survivors Pension Eligibility for an Obama Phone
  • How to Get an Obama Phone?
  • Obamaphone Providers
  • Who Started the Obama Phone?
  • Lifeline Facts
  • Obama Phone FAQs
  • Discussion Forum / Q&A

Subsidized Internet Too

The FCC has also encouraged major internet providers to provide high-speed broadband to the very same people that qualify for the Obama Phone. Only $9.95 a month. There are cheap internet plans for both cable and DSL. To learn more please go to CheapInternet.com.

Recent News

  • Dropping like a rock: ObamaPhone enrollment falls by two million in three years
  • $7 Billion Bonanza: The new FCC Broadband Connectivity Fund
  • Sprint charges government for inactive Lifeline customers, FCC fines them $200 million for fraud
  • More than 1,000,000 have already signed up for government’s new $50 per month internet discount
  • Universal broadband for everyone who needs it! Free government cell phones for everyone who needs them! Mark Lowenstein for FCC Commissioner!
  • Could your ObamaPhone arrive with malware installed?
  • Assist Wireless exposes tens of thousands of customer IDs in five states
  • Is it the BidenPhone? Free unlimited talk, unlimited text AND unlimited data for a limited time
  • USAC’s port freeze rule eliminated, ObamaPhone customers can now switch companies at any time
  • Obama is gone, and now his enemies want to kill the Obama Phone program

Some Facts

#1 The Lifeline Assistance program started in Tennessee in mid-2008 and is now available in 49 states, DC and Puerto Rico.

#2 You qualify for a phone simply by accepting other government assistance -- Medicaid, food stamps, SSI, National School Lunch, Section 8 Housing, Home Energy assistance and others.

#3 The FCC is currently wrapping up a large pilot program that's testing ways to expand the ObamaPhone program to include broadband internet access.

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