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Article #164Re: Roaming question: When do the charges start?
From: Simo
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 15:40
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 15:40
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Ill send that "Jeremy Quirke" <jquirke@iNOprimSPAMus.com.au> wrote in message news:3e145a6d$0$3788@echo-01.iinet.net.au... > Explain how GSM hijacking is possible in Asia. > > Hijacking of a GSM connection is not possible without either [a] access to > the network operator's equipment or [b] the SIM > > All GSM traffic is encrypted at the physical layer, the SRES and Kc are > derived from RAND and Ki, Ki is never transmitted across the link in > encrypted or unencrypted form. > > "[BnH]" <b18@iprimus.com.australia> wrote in message > news:3e1444a2$0$190$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au... > > The charges started the moment you are using foreign provider inside your > > handset to make or receive audio calls [ not text apparently :) > > Vodafone-wise.] > > > > The meter will not run if you do not make or receive a call. > > IF the meter runs even when no one using, maybe someone hijacked your GSM > > signal. > > [ it is very doable over in Asia ] > > Better block it fast ! > > > > =bob= > > > > "Alan" <thepest1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:35718be1.0301020424.6ce8fe78@posting.google.com... > > > My family's mobile (GSM) is registered to accept roaming and idd > > > services and they are away for 2 weeks in China and HK. > > > > > > And I have been monitoring the phone charges via my local auto check. > > > The charges keep on shooting up and its incredible. > > > > > > My question is when you are login to a foreign service provider, do > > > they actually charge you even when the phone is switched off? > > > > > > I discovered that even when the phone is switch off and when I called > > > that number its ringing but of cause no one answered. Do we have to > > > pay for phone charges even though they did not pick up the phone? > > > > > > Any one? Or has our phone been intercepted? > > > > > > My bill only comes in end of the month. This is the time when an > > > argument is inevitable. > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb718,f7f8226ea74f3c31 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb718,public X-Google-Thread: 10db0e,f7f8226ea74f3c31 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-02 07:40:29 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!abnormal.com!vicpull2.telstra.net!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Simo" <simon@me.com> Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,aus.comms.mobile References: <35718be1.0301020424.6ce8fe78@posting.google.com> <3e1444a2$0$190$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au> <3e145a6d$0$3788@echo-01.iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: Roaming question: When do the charges start? Lines: 53 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <M3ZQ9.25452$aV5.67686@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 15:40:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.59.17 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1041522028 144.132.59.17 (Fri, 03 Jan 2003 02:40:28 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 02:40:28 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)