JDurand@cup.portal.com (11/26/90)
In the process of checking cellular coverage at our research facility, I had to get a "loner" three watt phone from a local cellular dealar (Bridge Radio in San Jose, CA) since mine is only a .6W Micro-Tac. I was very surprised to find out they were going to program the phone for the number assigned to my Micro-Tac (they later gave me a different number when they found out I had GTE service, they said a GTE number wouldn't ROAM in a Pac-Bell area!). Wouldn't my phone number in a phone with a different serial number trigger all sorts of fraud alerts? Is it legal for them to do this (apperantly they do this for all their loner phones)? Jerry Durand Durand Interstellar, Inc. 408 356-3886 jdurand@cup.portal.com