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From: csense!bote@uunet.uu.net (John Boteler)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Phone Reprogramming
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Date: 13 Apr 90 08:05:13 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 253, Message 8 of 9


It should no more be permissible for customers to be able to change
their cellular phone programming at will than it is for phone
customers to be permitted dialup access to their ESSs to change their
features at will, en masse. Unless chaos is the desired goal.

In fact, some user-interface features are programmable, especially in
the newer phones. The ones dealing with security and like concerns are
clearly not included in this set.


John Boteler   {zardoz|uunet!tgate|cos!}ka3ovk!media!csense!bote
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