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From: dave%westmark@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: A Couple Tech Questions About Cellular Phones
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Date: 9 Aug 90 04:21:56 GMT
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In article <10573@accuvax.nwu.edu>, gnu@toad.com (John Gilmore) writes:

> The US cellular telephone standard defines a way to "ping" a cellular
> phone without making it ring.  The ping is transmitted like an

> With this feature, the movements or current whereabouts of your phone
> can be tracked at will by the cellular company.  Anytime the phone

> If I ever get a cellular phone, this 'ping' will be one of the first
> things I reprogram...

If you re-program this feature, you will probably be unable to receive
incoming calls when you're roaming.  (You already can't, in many
areas, but the feature is designed to allow it, and some day, it will
probably allow fully-automated transparent nationwide roaming, if
subscribers don't go and disable it!)


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