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Re: Well, this explains it.......
Posted by jp (more from jp) on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:52:35
In Reply to: Well, this explains it......., MI-Roger
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, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:28:47
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That's always (for at least 8 years) been a feature of the cell phone roaming system. Many providers didn't automatically utilize it because of abuse.
Peope in the cities would sit in a van or house and steal cell phone codes out of the air from people making calls. Then the codes would be programmed into phones and sold to drug dealers and other organized crime, who would get anonymous and free calling until the actual service provider caught on and locked the phone's ESN.
Perhaps this is getting harder to do, so your cell phone company lets you roam more easily now.
Posts in this Thread:
- E911 crap. Verizon wont let me change my phone, rob
, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:30:09- Well, this explains it......., MI-Roger
, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:28:47 - Re: E911 crap. Verizon wont let me change my phone, Rafe, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:25:10
- Re: E911 crap. Verizon wont let me change my phone, jp, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:43:19
- Re: E911 crap. :You can turn it off, DER, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:52:40
- I find it hard to believe ..., NonStop
, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:04:55 - I think you can turn it off on most E911 phones, Noel, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:06:33
- Re:Yeah, me too..., AeroDave, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:57:53
- Has it been a bad day, Rob? >, ChipJ, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:14:46
- 4 years is old for a cell phone..., turrbo
, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:53:49- Re: 4 years is old for a cell phone..., rob
, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:00:52- GPS handy, steveC, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:11:58
- My 1.5 year old 2 Ghz laptop is old..., turrbo
, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:21:43 - Reasons that Verizon may not want to support your phone, Bill Homer
, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:25:46 - Re: 4 years is old for a cell phone..., GM, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:07:39
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