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First It Was Free Digital Boxes For TVs, Now It's Free Cell Phones For Welfare Recipients. Can Free Home Theatre Systems Be Far Behind?

It’s seems the state of Alabama is going to have to wait awhile before it can start a new program to distribute “free” cell phones and service to the state’s “poor.” The hitch seems to be a federal requirement that the phones must be compatible with 9-1-1 systems throughout the state which really bums the cell phone company pushing the deal that stands to make them a nice profit…

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