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Q Link busted again: FCC proposes $62,000,000 fine for ACP “fraud”

July 24, 2023

Horrifying: California giving food stamps to undocumented migrants, taking free government cell phones away from citizens and legal residents

July 6, 2022

11 things you need to know about the new Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

February 28, 2022

Q Link Wireless raided by FBI, IRS, US Post Office, Sheriffs

June 10, 2021

Limited time only: Free unlimited talk, unlimited text AND unlimited data

May 30, 2021

Q Link F ups continue: Company makes it easy to access private customer info

April 13, 2021

Were our readers right? Are free government cell phones hacked before they’re activated?

March 29, 2021

Crisis in free government cell phone program: Will new demands kill off service providers?

March 18, 2021

WTF? Assist Wireless screws up, exposes tens of thousands of customer IDs

February 13, 2021

Number of free government cell phone customers drops by two million in last three years

February 7, 2021

Leading industry analyst calls for universal broadband and free government cell phones for everyone who needs them

February 2, 2021

Sprint busted for Lifeline fraud, forced to pay $200 million penalty

January 19, 2021

92-year old vet battles Assurance Wireless for one year to get his free government cell phone turned on again

March 22, 2020

Man sues Safelink Wireless for cancelling his free government cell phone

December 15, 2019

Millionaires can get free government cell phones. Why can’t you?

June 26, 2019

Dropping like flies: AT&T ends Lifeline landline discounts, T-Mobile may be next

January 17, 2019

True Wireless says fraud allegations are untrue

January 8, 2019

Shame! Cold-hearted Verizon ends program that gave free government cell phones to survivors of domestic abuse

December 17, 2018

Halloween horror story: Thousands of dead people sign up for free government cell phones

October 16, 2018

USAC eliminates port freeze: Now you can switch free government cell phone companies any time you want

March 26, 2018

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