Re: phones upgrades - cloning

["Jeff LaBombard" <jll99@tiac.com>]

Is that really cloning?  Cell One had a plan for this, 19.95 per month.  You
can not use the two phones at the same time. Do you think this was from a
shady cell one dealer?

 I have had my number stolen or cloned in the airport and then reused 1000
miles away.  (bell Atlantic caught this and instantly canceled the number, I
thought that was "cloning")

Required Audi content - The only reason I did this was so I could keep the
voice activated Audi phone and listen to that voice say "name please".  (and
of course keep my eyes on the road and hands on the wheel) This also happens
sometimes when the radio is on and the phone picks up a voice that sounds
something like "turn on telephone", can you adjust the sensitivity for
this??

 Jeff
94 S4
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>
To: Jeff LaBombard <jll99@tiac.com>; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: phones upgrades


>
>
>Jeff LaBombard wrote:
>
>> If you have the Motorola unit that is voice activated that is a nice
phone,
>> good quality, clear, and  great range.
>>
>> If you want something portable, purchase a hand held unit and pay an
extra
>> $20 bucks or so a  month and you have one number on two phones.  This is
>> with Cell One here in Boston, and I think it is nationwide.
>
>
>
>Hmmm....   that's called "cloning".   Illegal and prohibited by all
cellular
>carriers I know of.  And I own a cellular dealership, so I sort of keep up
>with this stuff  =)
>
>If you clone a phone to another's ESN, other that violating FCC
regulations,
>your account will probably be shut off by the carrier.  A "digital
>fingerprinting" technology is in place which takes the "phoneprint" from
the
>phone usually used on your account.  If another "phoneprint" suddenly shows
up
>with the same ESN, they can tell.
>
>Chris
>'97 A4t
>'90 80
>
>