As I recall his final determination, it wasn't his actual phone book
that had been cached, it was something about his most recent calls, but
with some identifying information that surprised him.
And as anyone who has read an itemized bill, or sat, as I have, in
court while telephone records are routinely used in evidence, saving
information based on your phone calling is not an added expense at all.
We undoubtedly pay for the "service" as part of the telco's operating
cost, but it's not really a problem.
On 05/18/2008 at 1625 -0400
Art Alexion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I believe this is entirely possible, I'm having a hard time believing
> it. First, to cache by esn would involve a cumulatively significant cost,
> with little benefit to the telco. Replicating and storing simm card data
> would benefit only the consumer. If the telcos were going to the expense of
> doing that to benefit their customers, they would be touting it as another
> service they provide.
>
>
>
> On Sunday 18 May 2008 15:41:32 john.messeder wrote:
>
>> That is, unfortunately, entirely possible. A friend lost his telephone
>> in the woods. AT&T sold him a new phone, and when he got home he
>> discovered the new SIM had on it everything that was on the one he lost
>> -- including phone numbers that only he could have put on it.
>>
>> On 05/18/2008 at 1506 -0400
>>
>> "L . . ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> what about sprint-side caching? perhaps the mail.yahoo.com url was
>>> cached to his phone's ESN (although I hope that's not how it works).
>>>
