FREE STAY AT HOME STUFF TO KEEP YOU SANE

Here’s a list of companies offering free services to help cope during the coronavirus pandemic. This post will be updated regularly.  

Entertainment

Companies are offering free entertainment or workout services to help keep families entertained, educated and healthy as they stay at home.

Audible  Kindle

Audible has launched a free collection of audiobooks for children.

 Kindle

Amazon’s Kindle is offering two free months to its unlimited ebook service for new user .

Phone and Internet

AT&T

AT&T is waiving domestic plan overage charges for data, voice or text. The waiver applies to residential or small business wireless customers who are facing economic hardship related to the coronavirus pandemic. The company is also waiving any late payment fees on wireless, home phone or broadband residential or small business customers who can’t pay their bill due to hardship; additionally, no service will be terminated due to inability to pay. All resolutions offered by AT&T will be in effect for the next 60 days.

Cox Communications

Cox is offering a low-income internet tier with no annual contract to individuals who need internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are no qualifications for the service. It costs $19.00 per month, but will have a temporary boost up to 50 Mbps, for free, through May 15. Additionally, customers unable to pay their bill at this time will not have their service terminate and will not incur any late fees due to their economic circumstances related to the COVD-19 pandemic.

Sprint

Sprint is providing assistance to customers affected by COVID-19. The company is offering unlimited data for 60 days to customers with metered plans (in effect as of March 18). Additionally, Sprint is giving 20 GB of free mobile hotspot to customers with devices capable of becoming a hotspot, and is also waiving per-minute toll charges for international long-distance calls from the U.S. to CDC-defined Level 3 countries (effective 3/17). 

Xfinity

Xfinity is making hotspot connectivity free, including for non-Xfinity internet customers. 
Additionally, the internet service company is pausing data plans through May 13 and giving all customers unlimited data for no additional charge. 

T-Mobile

All T-Mobile customers as of March 13 who have plans with data will be given unlimited smartphone data for the next 60 days, excluding roaming. Additionally, customers with smartphone mobile hotspots can add 20GB of data by adding the COVID-19 Response High Speed Smartphone Mobile HotSpot feature for each voice line. T-Mobile customers who need more time to pay their bills can set up a payment arrangement online.

Verizon

Verizon is not charging late fees or terminating service for individuals who cannot pay their bill in full . Additionally, the servicer is offering free international calling to countries identified by the CDC as level 3 impacted by COVID-19 (exception: a maximum of 300 minutes of free calling will be provided for calling Iran, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia). 

Health and Fitness

Headspace

Headspace, a guided meditation service, is offering free meditations through its app. Creating a Headspace account is also free.  

Core Power Yoga

Core Power Yoga, a popular yoga studio chain, is currently offering free online classes through its Core Power Yoga On Demand platform. The classes are pre-recorded and range from 30 minutes to up to an hour long. The studio is also offering online guided breathing practices and meditations.

Peloton

Peloton, the popular in-home workout and cycling program, is offering a free 90-day trial to new customers through its app. Available programming on the free trial includes yoga, meditation, strength training, cycling, running and more. A credit card is required to enroll in the free trial, but Peloton says it will remind users three days before their trial ends so they aren’t accidentally billed, and the trial can be canceled at any time.

Golds Gym

Golds Gym is offering free access to its app GOLD’S AMP until the end of May
To enroll, individuals should head to goldsamp.com/promo and redeem the code FIT60 at check out. The promo code must be activated by April 30 and users will have free GOLD’S AMP access until May 31.

Planet Fitness

National gym-chain Planet Fitness is offering free workouts on Facebook Live daily at 7 p.m. ET. .Check Planet Fitness Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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