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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 15 > Wireless welfare: U.S. subsidizing cell phones for the poor

Wireless welfare: U.S. subsidizing cell phones for the poor

Federal aid program highlights device’s key role in modern society

By Matt Richtel / The Bulletin
June 15, 2009

John Cobb, 59, a former commercial fisherman who is disabled with cirrhosis of the liver and emphysema, lives in a studio apartment in Greensboro, N.C., on a fixed monthly income of $674. He has been hoping to receive more government assistance, and in February, he did.

It came in the form of a....

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