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Re: Is Verizon Wireless Sabotaging Older Cell Phones?

Scott Dorsey (kludge@panix.com)
31 Aug 2005 11:42:32 -0400

In article <telecom24.394.11@telecom-digest.org>,
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

> Joseph wrote:
> Other companies had frequent disconnects while talking.

> Batteries have a limited life span. Batteries and accessories are
> very hard to find since they don't want you keeping old phones; I
> guess they want the profit of selling you a new phone or having you
> make use of the newest features which are a cost. Many fathers have
> screamed over the text-messaging bill their kids have run up.

> For myself, I've tried buying batteries at yard sales, but they're
> usually no good; so I generally just use the phone in the car where I
> have the adapter. I get about 15 minutes of time out of a battery so
> I can use it for limited stuff and that's been helpful.

So take the batteries to a local battery shop and get them recelled.

--scott

"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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