TELECOM Digest     Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:17:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 388

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    FCC Gives More Time to VOIP Companies to Get 911 Replies (Reuters)
    Verizon Wireless to Cut High Speed Pricing (Reuters News Wire)    
    Suspected Computer Worm Writers Arrested, FBI Says (Andy Sullivan)
    FBI and Microsoft Comment on Arrest of Alleged Zotob Worm (M Solomon)
    FCC Delays Cutoff of Internet Phone Users (Monty Solomon)
    IBM to Continuously Protect Information Stored on Laptops (M Solomon)
    Yahoo, Verizon Team Up on Internet Service (Monty Solomon)
    Voip Over ADSL (jariwalakrunal@gmail.com)
    Followup to 419 Story (Steven Lichter)
    Re: Alltel/AT&T/Cingular in Oklahoma City Market Area (David Clayton)
    Re: Alltel/AT&T/Cingular in Oklahoma City Market Area (Joseph)
    Re: Alltel/AT&T/Cingular in Oklahoma City Market Area (Dan Lanciani)
    Re: The Luncheon Meat Associated With Junk Email? (Dave Garland)
    Re: Internet Phone Companies May Cut Off Customers (Steve Sobol)
    Re: Broadband Competition Must Surely be Working (nmclain@annsgarden)
    Re: Gmail Account For Mobile Phone Users (suzanne.hoy@gmail.com)

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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: FCC Gives More Time to VOIP Telcos to Get 911 Replies
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:36:58 -0500


U.S. communications regulators on Friday gave Internet telephone
providers more time to get customers to acknowledge the limitations of
911 access with their subscriptions, likely reducing the chances that
some would have service cut off.

The Federal Communications Commission has been worried that not all
customers know that when they dial 911 with an Internet phone, the call
may not reach an emergency dispatcher or would not show the location
from where the call was made.

The agency ordered carriers to fix that by late November and also get an
affirmative reply from subscribers of the service -- known as Voice Over
Internet Protocol (VOIP) -- that they know the limitations.

The FCC said carriers should suspend service to those customers who
failed to reply by late July. That was later extended until August 29.

But Internet phone carriers urged the agency to put off that deadline
again amid fears it could cause more harm than good, leaving customers
with no phone service at all.

After noting that carriers made significant strides in obtaining
replies, the FCC's enforcement bureau decided to grant another
extension, until September 28, for those carriers that submit more
reports on progress and details on getting final replies.

"During this additional period of time, the bureau expects that all
interconnected VoIP providers that qualify for this extension will 
continue to use all means available to them to obtain affirmative
acknowledgements from all of their subscribers," the FCC said.

But companies that still provide VOIP service to customers after the
deadline without obtaining the acknowledgements could be subject to
enforcement action by the FCC.

UBS analyst John Hodulik estimates there were about 2.5 million U.S.
VOIP customers at the end of the second quarter, meaning that even if
90 percent responded by the August deadline, 250,000 could lose
service.

"There are too many VOIP users who have cut their traditional phone
service or turning off VOIP service to be a valid solution," said Jeff
Kagan, an independent telecommunciations analyst.

The head of a coalition VOIP companies said the decision was
particularly helpful since some customers may have been on vacation
while others may have been confused or unaware they needed to
acknowledge the 911 limitations.

"It's a recognition that consumers could have been put in harms way if
their service was shut off because they inadvertently hadn't
acknowledged the limitations of the service," said Jim Kohlenberger,
executive director of the VON Coalition.

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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Verizon Wireless to Cut High Speed Pricing
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:37:28 -0500


Verizon Wireless is expected to cut the price of its high-speed
wireless Internet service by as much as 25 percent early next week in
a bid to increase its customer base for the service, one analyst said
on Friday.

The No. 2 U.S mobile service and the country's first to sell wireless
Web links with speeds comparable to some home broadband services, will
cut its $80 a month rate plan to about $60 in a bid to stay ahead of
rivals such as Sprint Nextel, said American Technology Research
analyst Albert Lin.

"I think it'll be a significant cut," said Lin, who declined to name
his sources. "I think they're trying to maximize the time they have as
a monopoly in order to build a customer base lead before there's
competition."

Verizon Wireless was not immediately available to comment.

Lin said the price cut for Verizon Wireless' service plan for laptop
computer users should put the service, mainly aimed at business people
until now, in a more affordable price range for some consumers.

Lin said he does not expect the company to make dramatic changes to
its high-speed consumer service, known as Vcast, which delivers
content such as Web surfing and video downloads to phones for about
$15 a month.

Phone companies around the world have been beefing up their networks
to deliver services such as high-speed Internet links and video and
music downloads to phones in a bet that demand for such offerings will
help offset falling phone call prices.

Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone,
has led the pack in the United States by starting to sell high-speed
services based on EV-DO technology to laptop computer users in some
markets in 2003.

It has since expanded the service to cover about one third of the U.S.
population and expects to cover roughly half the U.S. population or
150 million people by year end.

Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service which became Sprint Nextel this
month after its purchase of Nextel Communications, said in July it was
starting to offer laptop services based on the same technology and
with similar charges of $80 a month.

Sprint Nextel expects to have coverage for 143 million people by the
fourth quarter and 150 million people -- or roughly half the U.S.
population -- in early 2006.

The EV-DO technology which both Sprint Nextel and Verizon wireless are
using was developed by wireless technology firm Qualcomm Inc., which
sells chips and licenses based on the technology.

The country's biggest operator, Cingular Wireless, a venture of SBC
Communications and BellSouth Corp., has said it expects to have
high-speed services based on a different technology later this year.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. 

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From: Andy Sullivan <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Suspected Computer Worm Authors Arrested, FBI Says
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:15:01 -0500


By Andy Sullivan

Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two men for unleashing
computer worms that disrupted networks across the United States last
week, the FBI said on Friday.

Farid Essebar, 18, of Morocco, and Atilla Ekici, 21, of Turkey, are
believed to have been responsible for the Zotob worm that hit the
Internet less than two weeks ago, along with predecessors called Rbot
and Mytob released earlier, the FBI said.

Zotob caused computer outages at more than 100 U.S. companies,
including major media outlets like CNN and The New York Times, but it
did not create widespread havoc along the lines of previous malicious
software programs like SQL Slammer and MyDoom.

Close teamwork among the FBI, Microsoft Corp. and authorities in
Morocco and Turkey was essential to the case, said FBI Cyber Division
Assistant Director Louis Reigel.

"This case happened very quickly," Reigel said on a conference call.
"Had we not had those entities involved in this investigation, I
suspect it would still be ongoing today."

Reigel said Essebar wrote the malicious code and provided it to Ekici
for a fee.

The two men will face prosecution in their native countries and FBI
officials will provide evidence, he said.

Zotob targeted a recently discovered flaw in the Plug and Play feature
of Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system. Newer versions of the
software were not affected.

Users who heeded a prior warning from Microsoft and updated their
systems were not victimized by the worms, but those who did not keep
their systems up to date could have their computers taken over by
remote servers or see them shut down and start back up repeatedly.

Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said the worms had a limited
impact because more consumers were keeping their software up to date
and using firewalls and anti-virus software.

The software industry was taking threats more seriously as well, he
said.

Microsoft's team of 50 investigators was able to analyze the worms and
find out where they were coming from, he said. The team began work on
the case in March after the release of Mytob, but Zytob provided the 
evidence to track them down, he said.

"We have important work ahead of us to strengthen computer security
but we've also come a long ways in a short time, and the fact that we
were able to see these arrests in less than two weeks and see them
halfway around the world really drives that point home," Smith said.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:35:11 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: FBI and Microsoft Comment on Arrest of Alleged Zotob Worm


Microsoft general counsel and FBI representative commend Turkish and
Moroccan law enforcement for prompt arrest.

    What:  Turkish and Moroccan law enforcement and the FBI today announced
           the arrest of the individuals believed to be responsible for the
           creation and distribution of the recent Zotob worm.

           Louis M. Reigel III, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director,
           and Microsoft Senior Vice President and General Counsel
           Brad Smith will be available to discuss Microsoft's role in
           the investigation leading to the arrest.

    Who:   Louis M. Reigel III, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director
           Brad Smith, Senior Vice President and Microsoft General Counsel

    When: Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, 2:45 p.m. EDT/11:45 a.m. PDT

    Call-in Information:
    -- U.S. Toll-Free Number: (800) 857-9781
    -- U.S. Toll Number/ International: 1 (630)395-0023
    -- Passcode: 2391275

     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51404023


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This is a bit stale, however replays
of the conference may be heard at 800-756-4244, _not_ the various
numbers listed above.  PAT]

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:36:35 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: FCC Delays Cutoff of Internet Phone Users


By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators on Friday extended a
disconnection deadline that could have left tens of thousands of
people without their Internet phone service next week.

The Federal Communications Commission said it would delay a Monday
deadline for providers of Internet-based phone calls to get
acknowledgments from their customers that they understand the problems
they may encounter when dialing 911 in an emergency.

Providers of the phone service, known as Voice over Internet Protocol
or "VoIP," had been told by the FCC that they should disconnect
service by Tuesday to people who had not responded.

But in Friday's notice, the agency said the deadline would be extended
to Sept. 28 for the providers to get their acknowledgments.  If by
that time a provider still has not received confirmation from a
customer, then the company should disconnect a customer's phone
service, according to the FCC order.

The agency gave companies the option of turning off regular Internet
phone service to a client, but still allowing emergency calls to 911
to be made. As part of this so-called "soft" disconnect, a provider
could also allow customers to place non-911 calls that would
automatically be sent to the company's customer service center.

The agency's decision to extend the cutoff deadline follows a letter
from a coalition of VoIP providers, including AT&T and MCI, who
complained that customers would be left stranded in an emergency come
Tuesday. More than 30,000 people could have been left with no service
at all.

      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51402163

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:39:33 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: IBM to Continuously Protect Information Stored on Laptops


     IBM to Continuously Protect Information Stored on Laptops and
     Servers; New Technology Delivers Real-Time, On Demand Data
     Protection

ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2005--IBM today announced new
software that continuously protects information -- on laptops, desktop
PCs and file servers -- from viruses, file corruption, or accidental
deletion. The software, IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for
Files, is a "data safety net" that provides real-time back up for
important information such as Word documents, MP3 files, digital
photos, presentations, and spreadsheets containing sales and tax
records.

With people today more likely to be connected to a network through
high-bandwidth wireless connections in coffee shops, parks and even
entire cities, continuous backup of data is now practical. Previously,
users have had to back up data through a scheduled backup session.
With IBM's new software, it happens continuously with one simple
package that can be installed on laptops, desktop PCs or enterprise
file servers.

     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51392719

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:45:23 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Yahoo, Verizon Team Up on Internet Service


By GREG SANDOVAL AP Technology Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have
teamed up to launch a cheaper high-speed Internet service designed to
compete against cable operators and dial-up service providers.

For $14.95, subscribers will be able to download Web pages via a
digital subscriber line at speeds of up to 768 kilobits and upload
data at 128 kilobits. The cheaper service, which requires a one-year
contract and has a price hike after 12 months, offers Yahoo premium
services, such as antivirus protection, on-demand music videos and
unlimited photo storage, according to an advertisement on Yahoo's
site.

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo was expected to announce formally the Verizon
launch Tuesday, but an advertisement found on the company's Web site
Monday night detailed the DSL offering. John Reseburg, a Yahoo
representative, confirmed the accuracy of the ad.

When it comes to transmission speed, Verizon is far behind SBC
Communications, which launched a $14.95 DSL service with Yahoo in
June. SBC transmits data at up to 1.5 megabits, twice as fast as
Verizon's.

Verizon will continue to offer faster DSL for higher prices.
According to the ad on Yahoo's site, Verizon customers can pay between
$19.95 and $37.95 to obtain transmission speeds comparable to SBC's.

      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51318042

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From: jariwalakrunal@gmail.com
Subject: VOIP Over ADSL
Date: 27 Aug 2005 02:38:01 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Hello,

I'm having 256 kbps ADSL connection from Dataone BSNL.

I want to setup VOIP phone upon it and also want to share the same
connection between three pc, currently working on only one.

I'm having ADSL modem installed by service provider.

What kind of equipment do I need to do sharing as well as having VOIP
calls using regular phones.

do i need to have purchase regular voip router which can also share
connection, or do i need to have specific differnt one for ADSL.?

Does it work with existing ADSLl modem or do I have to change it?

I'll look foreward for any reply.

Thanks in advance,

krunal

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From: Steven Lichter <shlichter@diespammers.com>
Reply-To: Die@spammers.com
Organization: I Kill Spammers, Inc.  (c) 2005 A Rot in Hell Co.
Subject: Followup to the 419 story
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:05:10 GMT


Missing Music Producer Found, Hospitalized

By TIM MOLLOY

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nearly weeklong search for a Grammy-nominated
producer ended Friday after a resident spotted the man sitting naked
in a backyard creek, washing his jeans.

The Topanga Canyon resident found a distraught Christian Julian Irwin
saying he feared he was being pursued by Nigerians who had contacted
him in an Internet scam, sheriff's Capt. Ray Peavy said.

Peavy said there was no evidence anyone was actually pursuing the
48-year-old producer, who has worked with Carly Simon and David Bowie,
among others.

Irwin was taken into custody because he was deemed mentally incompe-
tent and possibly dangerous to himself, Peavy said. He was found at
about 4:30 p.m. and agreed to go with police about two hours later
after negotiations in which authorities, at Irwin's request, located
his sister to help calm him.

Irwin was questioned by medical and mental health workers and taken to
a hospital to make sure he was in good physical health. He was to be
transferred to another hospital for observation.

Authorities began looking for Irwin on Sunday after he made a panicked
phone call to a friend, saying he was being pursued by people with
dogs.  He told his friend he was running through water and had lost
his glasses and shoes in a creek.

Topanga Canyon, a rustic area long a favorite with artists and
musicians, is about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles in the Santa
Monica Mountains.

The only good spammer is a dead one!!  Have you hunted one down today?
(c) 2005  I Kill Spammers, Inc.  A Rot in Hell Co.

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From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Alltel/AT&T/Cingular in Oklahoma City Market Area
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:17:51 +1000


On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:52:38 -0400, Wesrock wrote: 

> A Cingular spokesman responded by saying that the company does not
> condone the practice.

> "We do not unlock phones, nor do we recommend that people get their
> phones unlocked," spokesman Frank Merriman said. "That's not something
> that we authorize or perform. If they circumvent the system it can cause
> problems. We make no guarantees about the performance of their phones."

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Of course Cingular would not 'condone'
> any practice which did not serve to rip off their customers even more
> than they have been already. So what else is old news?  PAT]

That "performance" statement has to be the biggest crock I've seen in
quite a while, GSM is GSM is GSM, the whole concept of a standard is that
all equipment that complies with it will interoperate.

Can't someone stop fools like that who make obviously misleading
statements about "problems" and performance?


Regards,

David Clayton, e-mail: dcstar@XYZ.myrealbox.com
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
(Remove the "XYZ." to reply)

Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have,
intelligence is a measure of how many questions you have.

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From: Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Alltel/AT&T/Cingular in Oklahoma City Market Area
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 05:29:13 -0700
Reply-To: JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com


On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:52:38 EDT, Wesrock@aol.com wrote:

> Cingular spokesman Frank Merriman said the company won't allow users
> to bring telephones from other networks to ensure "quality remains the
> same across the board" for its users.

Of course Merriman would say that it is to "ensure quality."  He's a
company hack!

> "When someone upgrades from AT&T Wireless to Cingular, they need a new
> phone, and the reason they need to upgrade is there is unique software
> imbedded in the phone to enable it to work properly," Merriman
> said. "The AT&T network is not functioning anymore, and there is no
> way that equipment can operate on the system as it is."

Which for a GSM phone is a line of BS.  As long as the phone is
unlocked it can work on any compatible GSM network.  Of course they
don't want you using an unlocked phone it's one less phone that they
couldn't sell you. Cingular made the decision that when they
"captured" all the former AT&T Wireless callers that Cingular would
reap all the benefits and all the former AT&T Wireless subscribers
would have none of it.  To the victor goes the spoils.

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:18:18 EDT
From: Dan Lanciani <ddl@danlan.com>
Subject: Re: Alltel/AT&T/Cingular in Oklahoma City Market Area


dcstar@myrealbox.com (David Clayton) wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:52:38 -0400, Wesrock wrote: 

>> A Cingular spokesman responded by saying that the company does not
>> condone the practice.

>> "We do not unlock phones, nor do we recommend that people get their
>> phones unlocked," spokesman Frank Merriman said. "That's not something
>> that we authorize or perform. If they circumvent the system it can cause
>> problems. We make no guarantees about the performance of their phones."

>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Of course Cingular would not 'condone'
>> any practice which did not serve to rip off their customers even more
>> than they have been already. So what else is old news?  PAT]

> That "performance" statement has to be the biggest crock I've seen in
> quite a while, GSM is GSM is GSM, the whole concept of a standard is that
> all equipment that complies with it will interoperate.

So does Cingular do something active to block the use of "foreign" GSM
phones on its network or does it rely on such phones being
subsidy-locked to another provider's network?


Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com

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From: Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Subject: Re: The Luncheon Meat Associated With Junk Email?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:56:32 -0500
Organization: Wizard Information


It was a dark and stormy night when PAT wrote:

> how does one pronounce an upper case /S/ differently than a lower
> case /s/ in order to avoid violating any trademarks?

"I'm gonna fry up some spam and make a sandwich."  I don't think
trademark confusion is likely to arise.

"Dammit, my inbox is full of spam again!"  Nor here, unless the speaker
is sitting at a desk in a Hormel meat-packing plant.

Protecting trademarks is about avoiding confusion.  It's ok to sell
Saturn cars, even if there's a store that sells planets next door.
It's ok to call the products made from coal and Colombian vegetation
"coke".

Besides, Hormel is bowing to the inevitable.  There's no way to stop
the world from calling the email byproduct "spam", all they can do is
make sure people know if it's a meat byproduct, it only comes from
them.

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From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Subject: Re: Internet Phone Companies May Cut Off Customers
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:08:58 -0700
Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com


Paul Coxwell wrote:

> I can't help but ponder upon the irony that a ruling intended to make
> people aware of how the service may not work as they believe could
> result in the service being withdrawn altogether, so they won't be
> able to place ANY call.

> To hear the fuss, it kind of makes me wonder how anybody ever managed
> before 911.

> I know when I was down in Georgia around 1992/93 there were still
> quite a few of the more rural counties which had no 911 service at
> all, so it's not as though we're talking about ancient history either.

Sometime between my freshman year in high school (1984-5) and my
junior year (1986-7), I did a piece for the high school paper about
Cuyahoga County, Ohio's new 9-1-1 system (not Enhanced 9-1-1, mind
you, just 9-1-1).

Cuyahoga County is one of the largest counties in Ohio (second largest
IIRC), and includes Cleveland, the 25th largest city in the USA.

I thought it was a godsend. The South Euclid Police Department's
number was 216-381-1234 and our home phone number was
216-381-1231. I'd gotten tired of taking emergency calls for them. :)


Steve Sobol, Professional Geek   888-480-4638   PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
Company website: http://JustThe.net/
Personal blog, resume, portfolio: http://SteveSobol.com/
E: sjsobol@JustThe.net Snail: 22674 Motnocab Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:54:46 -0600
From: nmclain@annsgarden.com
Subject: Re: Broadband Competition Must Surely be Working


Garrett Wollman wrote:

> Because the market for residential communications services cannot
> support what economists call "effective competition".  The barriers
> to entry in "local loop" services are so high that allowing bundling
> stifles competition on the services built on top.

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com responded:

> I don't agree about the barriers.  As I mentioned, our local cable
> company, while still a small independent outfit, managed to go
> through and wire us with coax and then come back and use fibre
> optic.

Garrett responded:

> Your local cable company was granted a monopoly on cable TV
> service in exchange for wiring your community.  Such
> monopolies are now forbidden.

Forbidden by whom?

In my experience, CATV franchises have never been legal monopolies,
even in Massachusetts.  To the extent that cable networks have turned
out to be de-facto monopolies isn't the result of any legal changes;
it's simply confirmation of John Levine's statement that:

> Because the telecom provider is a monopoly, or now maybe a duopoly.
> The only companies with wires into everyone's house are the phone
> company and the cable company, and that is as true now as it was 20
> years ago.  The first mover advantage is insurmountable, and although
> it would be legal for someone to raise $100 billion and overbuild a
> new phone infrastructure alongside the one we have, it'll never
> happen.

Neal McLain

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From: suzanne.hoy@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Gmail Account For Mobile Phone Users
Date: 27 Aug 2005 10:37:31 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com


However, one cannot use one's existing Gmail account, correct? So I
had to create a new user name. How does one get text msgs with
existing Gmail account? Can this be done?

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