"George" > wrote in message
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> Every cellphone user pays a monthly fee for the "free" 911 that is
> available for unactivated phones.

I overheard a conversation once about them collecting old cell phones to
hand out to women who were going to spousal abuse groups, or maybe the ones
that lived in the hostels or whatever the name is. I thought that was a
very good idea for doing something with some old phones.

But I had never thought about it for myself out on the road -- it's an
excellent idea.
Dee Dee