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From: rich@pro-exchange.cts.com (Rich Sims)
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Subject: Need Info on Motorola Portable Cellular
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Date: 24 Jul 90 04:29:27 GMT
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My wife just purchased a Motorola cellular phone (transportable) and
I'd like to know if anyone has any info on it that might be of
interest to me.  (She makes phone calls, I play with things!)

It's a model 8000L, and the literature that comes with it is amazingly
sparse in terms of any "real" information.

Since this is my (our) first foray into the field of cellular
communications, I'm woefully uninformed on the subject.  Any
information that anyone would care to share with me would be
gratefully accepted.  I'd also like to know if anyone has anything to
say about this particular model (good, or bad), and I'd like some
answers to questions on one specific area, in particular.

What are the issues, both legal and technical, in operating two
cellular phones on the same account number?  How are these widgets
"identified" when a call is originated or received?  Is it "field
changeable"??  If this is possible at all, can it be done with two
different models of phone?


Rich Sims

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