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to: TOM WALKER
from: Roy Witt
date: 2008-03-04 11:32:02
subject: Cellphone info

04 Mar 08 07:50, TOM WALKER wrote to CINDY HAGLUND:

 TW> IF the Key Card uses a RFID strip instead of a Magnetic Strip I can
 TW> see possabibly a problem. I would have trouble seeing the RF signal
 TW> from a Cell phone scrambiling a Magnetic strip though. But many
 TW> strange things are possable.

Even then, the only time it would interfere with the RFID chip is when
it's checking into the cell site, or you're using it while attempting to
unlock the door.

 CH>> If you are using a key card (as in at a hotel), keep your cell phone
 CH>> in a shirt pocket or have it turned off. If you have it in your
 CH>> pants pocket or on your belt and it is near the key card mechanism
 CH>> on the door, the key card won't work. The cell phone deactivates it.

 CH>> We found this out at our hotel this past week, from an obviously
 CH>> smart desk clerk who has run into the problem before. Good info to
 CH>> share here. :)

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