November 2024- Don't go with this company. I have been with them for 20 years round about and they have gone downhill increasingly during that time. Recently my son is eligible and tried to get lifeline through them. Their systems are so screwed up that each time when he was approved they "couldn't" complete the transaction because they charge a $5 fee for the phone and by then it had dropped off pre approval and they claimed that this made it impossible to move forward. I had to make a complaint with the FCC to get the lifeline application away from them and he went with another company and had his phone within a week- shipped within 48 hours.
That's not all though. Because of all the problems I have decided to leave them as well- his phone has so much better signal with that other provider. I had transferred my number from my landline phone to them some 20 years ago. I want my number back now that I want to leave. They took 3 days to respond and didn't even give me the transfer information in that response. I have now written a second request with the information that they wanted and am waiting again. I will eventually get my number away from them even if I have to complain to the FCC again, then I am done with them.
Also, tip in this day and age- if you have a number that you want to keep I suggest highly that you transfer it to google voice (as a personal user). It will replace the number you can get through google there and then you can put the app on your phone and tell it to use that number on your phone for your calls. You can also use that app on tablets that are android based that are capable of video and audio to be able to make calls on the fly. In that way you keep your number safe and can still have lifeline as if you get a new lifeline number you just input it into google voice settings if it changes at any time, and your oldy but good phone number then routes to THAT number whatever number you tell it to, through the google voice app. This frees you up in this world of exceedingly poor lifeline customer service (with every carrier I and people I know have tried) that if necessary you can have the lifeline agency for your STATE forcibly remove that provider as your provider, they can keep their number, and frees you up to go where you want on a more rapid basis. If I do that right this second with Tag Mobile having my ported in number I'll lose my number that I ported in. Lesson learned, keep the number you're personally attached to away from lifeline providers. Live and learn and fool me once shame on you.... read more