At 11:53 -0400 on 08/12/2006, Ed Finnell wrote about Re: Rent-a-phone:
In a message dated 8/12/2006 3:27:23 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
just take the SIM card with you in your wallet and shove it into the rental
phone. It then
"becomes" your phone - your number, your normal billing.
If your wallet gets 'lifted', then you're eligible for VA support?
I protect my Phone (and thus the SIM Card if I remove it for transfer
to another phone) via the "Power Up Password" feature. Assuming that
it is legitimate security and not just "security by obscurity" (ie:
The password entry requirement can not be bypassed nor can it be read
off the SIM to allow it to be entered). Thus a lost SIM would appear
to be useless to a thief.
BTW: I thought that it was the combination of the Phone Serial Number
and the SIM info not just the SIM that validated the right to
make/receive calls. IOW: Porting the SIM to another phone (without
"registering" the Phone with your provider) will not work.
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