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Re: 'Screaming' Cell Phones to Cut Down Theft

RadicalModerate (nospam4me@mytrashmail.com)
Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:27:37 UTC

Marc Jones <reuters@telecom-digest.org> wrote:

> Costing around 120 pounds ($224.3) a year the technology is not 100
> percent fool proof however, with organized tech savvy thieves likely
> to have the equipment and know how be able to get round the security
> measures.

That works out to #10 (~$16.50) a month for nightly address book and
memo backup plus disabling a phone before a crook can rack up your
bill. And you still need to buy a new phone.

In the US, they'd have to charge no more than $5 a month.

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Herb Oxley
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