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2. Lifeline (FCC program) - Wikipedia

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   Lifeline is the Federal Communications Commission's program, established in 1985, intended to make communications services more affordable for low-income consumers. Lifeline provides subscribers a discount on monthly telephone service purchased from participating providers in the marketplace.

3. UK Calling - Wikipedia

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   The legislation was brought in due to the previous confusion surrounding service call charges, with the intention of making things simpler for the caller. The system also made Freephone numbers free to call from mobile phones, just as they are from landlines. [2] UK Calling was the biggest change to UK telephone calls for over a decade. [3]

4. TruConnect - Wikipedia

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   Lifeline is a state and federal government program that provides free or low-cost wireless service and free government phones to low-income consumers. The program is available to consumers who can provide documentation for eligibility for government phones based on either income level or participation in public assistance programs including ...

5. Free cellphone service for poor lowers rates - AOL

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   Assurance Wireless announced today that it is cutting its per-minute calling option in half in a program aimed at giving poor people cellphones. Call it a coincidence, but the move comes less than ...

6. Premium-rate telephone number - Wikipedia

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   Calls to these numbers may be free, or charged on either a per-call basis or at a per-minute rate. The same charge will apply irrespective of which UK mobile provider is used to make the call, and the service provider must state the charge wherever the number is advertised or promoted.

7. Long-distance calling - Wikipedia

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   It is now normal for local calls to cost the same as long-distance UK calls, and is now common, for a small extra monthly charge, to allow free calls to landlines within the UK. This free call allowance does not normally cover calls to the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, which whilst having UK national dialling codes, are separate telephone ...