The thing that keeps it "alive" or rather, that locks it out after a few weeks, is if it can't get through to make the email calls (the advert calls aren't involved in this process). So if 0901xxx is barred it will only operate for a short while and then croak. However this is the reason it deliberately calls an 0901xxx when you first register because if you manage to get through for that call it presumably means you are not behind a PBX that is barring 0901xxx access. If it can't get connected during registration I've even got a screen that pops up and lists the 09xx ranges that need to be unbarred.
Cliff
-----Original Message----- From: David Given [mailto:dg@cowlark.com] Sent: 17 July 2006 11:14 To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] Developments
I do know that they stop working if they can't pick up adverts; would
they also stop working if you got your telco to block the 0901 number, I wonder? Of course, given the hardware subsidy, doing such a thing *could* be considered Bad Form...
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