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>Got an old house brick of a phone (Philips - not got any other details of
>model number) with loads of PAYG credit. Trying to use credit to enter
>competitions but phone bars 09 numbers. Is it possible to get 09 numbers
>unbarred?

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:50:45 +0100, a mcbride
> wrote:
>
> >Got an old house brick of a phone (Philips - not got any other
details of
> >model number) with loads of PAYG credit. Trying to use credit to
enter
> >competitions but phone bars 09 numbers. Is it possible to get 09
numbers
> >unbarred?
>
> Is it one of the old Easylife or U phones?
>
> If so, you wont stand a chance. Those bars were added across the
board
> (including international calls too) due to the level of fraud from
> Easylife and U phones.
>
> Cellnet made the mistake of having the phone store the credit rather
than
> the network, and as such they were open to being chipped to stop the
> credit running down.
>
> Im amazed they havent just nuked the whole lot of them.
>
> --
> -- Michael Soruk McConnell
> Eridani MailStripper -- www.eridani.co.uk/MailStripper -- Uncovers
Everything!
> Second Number -- http://secondnumber.matrixnetwork.co.uk/

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:50:45 +0100, a mcbride
> wrote:
>
> >Got an old house brick of a phone (Philips - not got any other
details of
> >model number) with loads of PAYG credit. Trying to use credit to
enter
> >competitions but phone bars 09 numbers. Is it possible to get 09
numbers
> >unbarred?
>
> Is it one of the old Easylife or U phones?
>
> If so, you wont stand a chance. Those bars were added across the
board
> (including international calls too) due to the level of fraud from
> Easylife and U phones.
>
> Cellnet made the mistake of having the phone store the credit rather
than
> the network, and as such they were open to being chipped to stop the
> credit running down.
>
> Im amazed they havent just nuked the whole lot of them.
>
> --
> -- Michael Soruk McConnell
> Eridani MailStripper -- www.eridani.co.uk/MailStripper -- Uncovers
Everything!
> Second Number -- http://secondnumber.matrixnetwork.co.uk/

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:50:45 +0100, a mcbride
> wrote:
>
>> Got an old house brick of a phone (Philips - not got any other
>> details of model number) with loads of PAYG credit. Trying to use
>> credit to enter competitions but phone bars 09 numbers. Is it
>> possible to get 09 numbers unbarred?
>
> Is it one of the old Easylife or U phones?
>
> If so, you wont stand a chance. Those bars were added across the
> board (including international calls too) due to the level of fraud
> from Easylife and U phones.
>
> Cellnet made the mistake of having the phone store the credit rather
> than the network, and as such they were open to being chipped to
> stop the credit running down.
>
> Im amazed they havent just nuked the whole lot of them.

> Soruk wrote in message
> news:slrncktmnh.i1u.soruk@zeskia.int.eridani.co.uk...
> > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:50:45 +0100, a mcbride
> > wrote:

> > Cellnet made the mistake of having the phone store the credit rather
> than
> > the network, and as such they were open to being chipped to stop the
> > credit running down.
> > Im amazed they havent just nuked the whole lot of them.
> > -- Michael Soruk McConnell
>
> Really!
> Ive got an old banger of a Philips BT Cellnet Easylife phone and its
> still active (not the one I normally use BTW).
> Regards Mike.
>

> a mcbride wrote in message
> news:2r8216F17lvncU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Got an old house brick of a phone (Philips - not got any other
> details of model number) with loads of PAYG credit. Trying to use
> credit to enter competitions but phone bars 09 numbers. Is it
> possible to get 09 numbers unbarred?
>
>
> the other posters dont know what there talking about ..
>
> of course this is possible... although numbers classed as SUPER
> premium rate will not be possible to call, even from o2 contract
> phones.
> just call 02 on 08705678678
>
> www.o2.co.uk/premiumnumberpricing