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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 14:34:28 GMT
- From: mcrware!!troyf@uunet.UU.NET (Troy Frericks)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Two Cellular Phones on the Same Number
- Message-ID: <telecom12.843.6@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- In article <telecom12.840.13@eecs.nwu.edu> Alan Boritz <72446.461@
- CompuServe.COM> writes:
-
- > tg@chmsr.gatech.edu (T. Govindaraj) writes:
-
- >> Having two phones on the same number is attractive to me since my wife
- >> and I can use the same phone, since we use it primarily for occasional
- >> calls...Is anybody using this option?
-
- >> [Moderator's Note: Uh, not to disappoint you, but have you cleared
- >> this with the cellular company? Most do NOT allow two or more phones
- >> to share the same number because the ESN is different in each phone
- >> and ESN validation is what cellular billing integrity is all about.
-
- > Change "most" to ALL. There should be NO US cellular carriers that
- > will permit more than one ESN to operate on any particular phone
- > number. Failure to validate the ESN is a serious violation of FCC
- > rules (EIA standards incorporated into the CFR).
-
- Pat,
-
- I know it's not right (legal), but I have to throw it out anyway.
- What about changing the ESN on the second phone to match that of the
- first one that already has service. I beleave this is how some people
- with some older Panasonic phones are stealing service -- intercept the
- ESN as it is broadcast, then burn a PROM, and insert it into their
- phone.
-
- Note you would NOT be able to call each other, or both receive calls.
- You may not even both be able to place calls at the same time when on
- the same cell (or same area). Probably could get around that by
- having one phone on service B, other roam on service A. Food for
- thought. Disclaimer: Info for educational enrichment only, not to be
- implemented.
-
-
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