Re: Mobile Phones: Is this true?

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 05:12

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Trevor Gensch <trevorgensch@one.net.au> wrote in message news:vgjlssof6mv8ju89fntle27732io5l6v6b@4ax.com...
> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>> Jon bovard <jbovard@bigpond.net.au> wrote

>>> I tried it on several phones and it DOES report the correct serial number..
>>> Can the phone company (eg. Optus) disconnect it though..

>> Yes, they can. Currently they dont, largely because they
>> dont give a damn about stolen phones being used on their
>> network, its more money for them in call charges etc.

> I would like to see some documented proof that this is the case.

Proof of what ?  It should be obvious that if stolen phones are
flogged and used with a new sim, that that means that the phone
company gets revenue from that phone that they would not get if
they blacklisted the phone so it could not be used after it got stolen.

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