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[–] 10855081? ago 

The problem is they hand them out at bus stops and shit to people that already have phones. It's not uncommon for someone to have more than 1 of them seeing how all you have to do is call them and say the battery won't take a charge and they will send you another for free no questions asked. Like most "helpful" government programs it's completely ruined by corruption and incompetence.

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[–] maaaaa ago  (edited ago)

The reason they replace them so easily is because they're not worth a crap. You can buy the hardware on Amazon for $15. And the plan is limited to 500 meg of data a month. So anybody who does more than voice, text, and email, needs to upgrade, which isn't covered by the Government. That 's why the companies like them. For every phone delivered they get an opportunity to upsell.