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From: apple!well.sf.ca.us!well!droid@uunet.uu.net (Marty Brenneis)
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Subject: Re: Need Info on Motorola Portable Cellular
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rich@pro-exchange.cts.com (Rich Sims) writes:

>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?

All cellular phones are identified with an Electronic Serial Number
(or ESN).  This number is burned into the phone in such a way that it
cannot be altered.  At Motorola they WILL NOT ship a replacement chip
with the ESN in it before you return the defective one. This spec was
designed to make stolen cellphones useless.

What are the stats on stolen cellphones??


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