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cloned phone question

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles M. Preston)
Wed Apr 15 12:53:14 1998

Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:36:20 -0800
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: "Charles M. Preston" <cpreston@sinbad.net>

I think the standard procedure is to take the clone somewhere else.  If it
is roaming, unless there is unusual communication between the home system
and roaming system, no problem.  Since cloning for GSM hasn't been a
problem, there may not be any special roaming checks for clones.

cmp

>Actually how would a cloned phone work in a real network, next to the
>original? Will they both work next to each-other? Will they both ring at
>the same time? Will some networks block the whole number when they see 2
>phones with same number registering to the network?



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