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Re: Florida Boy on Cell Calls 9-1-1 Over 40 Times!


Joseph (JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com)
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:21:55 -0700

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:33:26 -0400, Nathan Strom <nstrom@ananzi.co.za>
wrote:

> Guess they still need to work on that E-911 rollout.

> Couldn't they check with the cell phone provider and see who the ESN
> is/was last registered to?

And what good does that do for someone who just gave their old AMPS,
TDMA , CDMA or GSM cellphone to a resale shop? The person who buys
these old phones won't have "registered" it with anyone. The person
who originally had it and the associated ESN/IMEI is long gone and out
of the picture.

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