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- 12-18-2005, 07:03 AM #16Guest
Re: Exchanging SIM cards between PAYG and Contract
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:43:57 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I disagree. It will stop the little scrote who nicked it using it.
No, he'll sell it anyway, and it will be unblocked or scrapped
> Most
>opportunist thieves don't export the phones they nick to Afghanistan or
>wherever, they use 'em.
So what? You've lost it. At lease if they can use it they won't need
to nick another to get one to use.
>If you find a lost phone it can be unbarred again.
In theory, but it is not easy in practice.
>
>So why do Orange insist on it..?
Good question. None of the other networks do. I can't think if any
reason why Orange do.
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- 12-18-2005, 10:21 AM #17Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Exchanging SIM cards between PAYG and Contract
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:43:57 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I disagree. It will stop the little scrote who nicked
> > it using it.
>
> No, he'll sell it anyway, and it will be unblocked or
> scrapped
Possibly.
> > Most
> > opportunist thieves don't export the phones they nick
> > to Afghanistan or wherever, they use 'em.
>
> So what? You've lost it. At lease if they can use it they
> won't need to nick another to get one to use.
I don't care, I want to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to get
any use at all out of *my* phone.
> > If you find a lost phone it can be unbarred again.
>
> In theory, but it is not easy in practice.
Depends on the network, some are easier to deal with than others..!
> > So why do Orange insist on it..?
>
> Good question. None of the other networks do. I can't
> think if any reason why Orange do.
Nor can I, given that the IMEI of every handset you've ever used on an
account is stored on their systems.
Ivor
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