Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!telecom-request From: oracle!nsoley@.com (Norman Soley) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Houston Chronicle Cellular Fraud Story Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 16:11:48 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: Norman Soley Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 221, Message 5 of 13 In article floyd@ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 208, Message 1 of 14 >> We just had a case where some people came to town and set up >> three-way conference calling between Houston, Iraq and Kuwait,'' said >> the chief financial officer of one cellular service provider. That >> fraud can total up to $30,000 in 24 hours.'' > Hmmmm. 1440 minutes in 24 hours, so the combined cost of calling Iraq > and Kuwait is about, ahhh, $22 a minute, or $11 to either one alone > per minute. And if both of them are inmarsat phones then these are completely reasonable estimates. The rate card in the front of my white pages says C $12.00/min. Norman Soley - Systems Administrator - Oracle Corporation Canada 155 University Ave. Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario (416)-362-7953 X646 nsoley@cnseq1.oracle.com uunet!torsqnt!cnseq1!nsoley "These opinions are mine, not the company's"