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Fraud and abuse grow after subsidized telephone program expands A federal program subsidizing phones for the poor increased from 6.8 million to 18 million recipients from 2008 — the year it was expanded to include cell phones — to May 2012. And fraud and abuse from the expansion have been far more extensive than expected, to the extent that tougher enforcement of long-existing rules is projected to bring in enough money to finance the expansion of the program to provide low-income users with free Internet service, according to the Federal Communications Commission report released last week. Up to 15 percent...

Obama Phone Remix - (J. Geils Band - Centerfold) - Michael Berry Show - 10/1/12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N680dYVPKqU This is the best parody video I've seen so far. It was on the Michael Berry Show. Awesome stuff. Make it go Viral!! Thank you Michael Berry!http://www.ktrh.com/pages/michaelberry.html

The video of an Obama supporter bragging about having an “Obama phone” has gone viral on the web, but where do these “free cell phones” come from? Check your cellphone bill for the line item listed as "Federal Universal Service Charge". I paid $1.87 last month in this unnecessary tax. Reply with your finding. For more info, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCqU8yarNpc&feature=player_embedded&list=PLBFB75A4E2BDC6DC7#!

"Keep Obama in president. You know. He give you a free phone. You on disability and welfare and stuff..."

Did you know that some of the fees that you pay on your phone bill may actually be providing free cell service to people with low incomes? A debate started in Pennsylvania after people became aware of the program, which offers a free phone and 250 minutes a month. Here's how at works: The FCC requires all phone companies to pay into something called the Universal Service Fund. Companies get the money they send to the fund by charging you on you bill. Money from the fund goes to companies who provide the free service to help offset their cost....

GOOGLE revolutionised the internet. Now it is hoping to do the same with our phones. The company behind the US-based internet search engine looks set to launch a free telephone service that links users via a broadband internet connection using a headset and home computer. The technology that will enable Google to move in on the market has been around for some time. Software by the London-based company, Skype, has been downloaded nearly 54 million times around the world but no large telecommunication firms have properly exploited it. BT, which connects seven out of ten British households, has developed its...