We all know someone who has fallen on hard times in the current roller-coaster economy. It might be a co-worker who has been laid off, a close friend whose family’s income has been affected by a spouse or significant other losing their job, or a retired neighbor whose pension took a painful hit during the recent banking fiasco.

So often people in those predicaments begin by cutting things out of their budget they consider luxuries. Phone service has become one of the many casualties of this recent budgetary crisis, leaving many without a lifeline to the outside world.

The nation’s biggest and smallest cell phone carriers have decided to step in and provide a zero-cost solution for these individuals.

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