I went to the phone store yesterday- Metro by T-Mobile. I went in looking for a new phone as mine has been lagging and dropping the audio on my end of calls sometimes. I asked the guy helping me a question which I can't now remember but he said he could clean up my phone a bit and hopefully that would help. So he did that and so far I haven't had any problems with it. Then he offered to set me up with the Affordable Connectivity Program. It's for low income people where they credit your account by $30 a month- basically one free line. I have 3 lines- N 2 and N 3 also have their phones on my plan. It's cheaper that way. So he begins to fill out the information online on his work computer. He asked what my last 4 of my social security number is. I said "Do I have to give that info?" And he said "That's how we identify you". I gave him the info but I still feel bad about it. I did look up Metro by T-Mobile and the name of he program and came up with a page about it on their website so that made me feel better. You can also do the same thing with the local cable company which were most of the hits I got when I did my Google search on the program. So I hope I haven't done something stupid giving the store guy my info- including my address. If it matters, apparently I was accepted immediately for the program and the guy said he would "apply the coupon" to my account so that I can get the discounted rate. I guess we'll see if my text from them confirming my payment and amount is lowered by $30 next month.