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<blockquote data-quote="okiebryan" data-source="post: 1992066" data-attributes="member: 24457"><p>The real problem with the landline program is that because almost all of Oklahoma is considered to be tribal land for the purposes of this program, phone companies are compensated at a far higher rate for providing service to these Oklahomans than they are in other states.</p><p></p><p>This has created a very attractive incentive for companies to come here and sign people up. This incentive has caused some of them to bend (in some cases, ignore) the rules in an effort to sign up as many people as they possibly can. The problem isn't that single working mom struggling to make ends meet getting a $1 a month phone so she can have basic communication. It's the fraud that this bogus incentive has brought on. Someone (a few someones) are making a lot of money from this, and there need to be some serious audits going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okiebryan, post: 1992066, member: 24457"] The real problem with the landline program is that because almost all of Oklahoma is considered to be tribal land for the purposes of this program, phone companies are compensated at a far higher rate for providing service to these Oklahomans than they are in other states. This has created a very attractive incentive for companies to come here and sign people up. This incentive has caused some of them to bend (in some cases, ignore) the rules in an effort to sign up as many people as they possibly can. The problem isn't that single working mom struggling to make ends meet getting a $1 a month phone so she can have basic communication. It's the fraud that this bogus incentive has brought on. Someone (a few someones) are making a lot of money from this, and there need to be some serious audits going on. [/QUOTE]
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