-=> John Summers said to Al Feyen about, Cell <=-
 MC> Hi any one know if a cell phone when your not useing it is it still
 MC> trx info to the cell tower? Thanks
 MC> Mark
 AF> As I understand it, when ever your phone is turned on, it
 AF> sends out a registration signal every 5 or 10 seconds.  This
 AF> tells the system that your phone is ready to receive a call,
 AF> and which cell you are in.  This is necessary, so when
 AF> someone calls you, the system can find you.
 JS> The cellular system asks for your phone to "register". The timing
 JS> varies considerably.
 AF> Now if you are wondering if you can be tracked by this, the
 AF> answer is yes, but only to what cell you are in.
 JS> And right down to a few inches with the proper equipment.
 AF> I do believe if someone has the right equipment, they could
 AF> track you by your cell phone, to your exact location.  It
 AF> would take some one in a highly financed organization like
 AF> the CIA, the FBI, or the Mafia, to do it, so you're safe
 AF> unless you have highly placed enemies. :-{)}
 JS> Or even the cellular phone companies!
I think you are a little off on this.
About a month ago now, there was a woman in Montana, I
believe, who's car slid off the road in a blizzard, and
quickly became covered with snow.  Her only contact was via
her cell phone.  It took them 48 hours to find her, and by
then her cell phone battery was dead, as was her car's
battery.
Now if what you said was true, she should have been found
long before that.  In fact, I heard the news reporter say
that the government is considering requiring cell phone
companies to develop such systems, for emergencies.
Maybe where you live, it's required, or your cell phone
company spent the extra money on it's own.
 
Blessed Be
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