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It's a good idea, prepaid should be outlawed throughout the world.
POSTPAID RULEZZZZ
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Posted: 2004-10-24 23:31:00
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Firstly, anyone who should fall for the scheme, kindly explained by themarques is too stupid to be protected by any government legislation! (I mean seriously, don't you generally know who your relatives are, and would you feel the need to transfer money to someone with whom the only contact you'd had had been a suspicious phone call?!)
And secondly, outlawing prepay is a fairly unlikely scenario as it precludes the use of mobiles by anyone too young to sign a contract, and it would seem pointless for the networks to agree to wiping out a perfectly good (and highly lucrative) revenue stream (something like 70% of the UK market is prepay) when it would be far simpler to require identification at point of sale and register prepay phones to the user, thereby solving the fraud issue.
Boy, do the Japs need me!
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Posted: 2004-10-25 00:52:10
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I guess that wold just be an unfair 'act' for the majority of the populace! Though not certain here 'bout the ratio/percentage of the individuals who uses prepaid accounts in Japan, but here in Manila it certainly covers 'bout 80% of the total mobile phone users!
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Posted: 2004-10-25 16:26:57
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Wow outlawing prepaìd, it's very ambitious and interesting. Everyone then is identifiable... I dont like it hmm.
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Posted: 2004-10-25 16:39:39
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On 2004-10-25 00:52:10, dave_uk wrote:
...it would seem pointless for the networks to agree to wiping out a perfectly good (and highly lucrative) revenue stream...
@dave_uk : Agree with your general point, however the networks need not agree with the legislation, it is completely in the hands of the government to put forward legislation.
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Posted: 2004-10-26 02:15:41
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@london-uk
Clearly, if it were as a result of legislation, that would be beyond the networks' control. It would be a fairly strange government, though, that would pass such legislation on the basis of this apparent scam. But then, it would be a pretty strange country in which so many people fell for it that it became a national fraud issue!
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Posted: 2004-10-26 02:22:18
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According to newsreports, Japan's ruling coalition decided on a draft law, which will make identification requirements for obtaining prepaid phones more strict, instead of totally outlawing prepaid phones. It is reported that according to this bill the transfer of mobile phones to third parties would become a punishable offence. So if this bill becomes law, you risk a prison sentence if you lend your prepaid mobile phone to others in Japan - be warned.
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Posted: 2004-11-13 16:17:44
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In Perú you're on the obligation to sign a contract with the operator and give a valid ID in order to get a prepaid phone, that way you became responsible for the use (and misuse) of that particular number.
That was done in order to identify calls made in kidnapkings and corruption related crimes.
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Posted: 2004-11-13 16:39:33
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