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Is it possible to have two sim cards with one phone number?
I think Orange has a service in Europe called Multi-SIM. I think the way it works with O is one of the sim cards is preferred and rings if both devices are on, or if one device is off then the other one rings.
As far as I know Rogers doesn't have a similar service. Just wondering if there is a way to have this?
What you can do is go to freephoneline.ca, register a free for life telephone number, then configure the "follow me" option to follow/ring your 2 cell phone numbers...
Give the freephoneline telephone number for people call you.
If you let's people see your cell phone caller ID then they will probably call you back by using your cell phone number instead of freephoneline phone number. If you want you can disable the caller ID when calling out.
What you can do is go to freephoneline.ca, register a free for life telephone number, then configure the "follow me" option to follow/ring your 2 cell phone numbers...
Give the freephoneline telephone number for people call you.
If you let's people see your cell phone caller ID then they will probably call you back by using your cell phone number instead of freephoneline phone number. If you want you can disable the caller ID when calling out.
The point is not to hide the caller ID and not have two separate phone plans, but to have just one.
I know that Rogers doesn't do this. I was wondering if it can be achieved by cloning the sim card.
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it would be good to have 2 sims on one account so you don't ever have to switch sims. But, that would open up possibilities like having the same user on two places at once on the network (ie. sharing the same phone plan with different people).
i would actually prefer 1 phone that could take 2 rogers sims (ie. a work phone and a personal phone). and actually have both lines active.
I know there are some out there (mostly poor quality chinese ones)... I'd like a Blackberry that was like 2 blackberries in one... separate email boxes (work and personal), separate number, able to assign ringtones to each number, etc.
they would obviously run on 2 phone plans... this would beat carrying 2 phones around all the time.
it would be good to have 2 sims on one account so you don't ever have to switch sims. But, that would open up possibilities like having the same user on two places at once on the network (ie. sharing the same phone plan with different people).
i would actually prefer 1 phone that could take 2 rogers sims (ie. a work phone and a personal phone). and actually have both lines active.
I know there are some out there (mostly poor quality chinese ones)... I'd like a Blackberry that was like 2 blackberries in one... separate email boxes (work and personal), separate number, able to assign ringtones to each number, etc.
they would obviously run on 2 phone plans... this would beat carrying 2 phones around all the time.
So I guess nobody has any suggestions or ideas abut the original question?
Like many people said, there's no legal way to do that.
There's illegal way of cloning a SIM card, but like I said above it's a felony and you will most likely be jailed for successfully cloning a SIM card and having 2 handsets registered to Rogers network sharing 1 number.
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Originally Posted by I has a phone
Like many people said, there's no legal way to do that.
There's illegal way of cloning a SIM card, but like I said above it's a felony and you will most likely be jailed for successfully cloning a SIM card and having 2 handsets registered to Rogers network sharing 1 number.
i think the act of copying the information that is held on the SIM card onto another SIM card in itself is perfectly legal, just against the terms of service...
using the copy for fraudulent purposes is not...
the carriers will have anti-fraud detection software set up to tell if you (or a bad guy and you) have both SIMS operating on the network... ostensibly to keep 'cloning' in check for fraudulent use, as well as to ensure you are not 'cheating' them out of another monthly charge...
theft of telecommunications is on the law books, and has stiff penalties, whether the carrier can show that you 'stole' service from them by your cloning for personal, non fraudulent, use is another question...
I think that the BS that you would go through to prove that you weren't a crook would cost more than another $15/mo...
I had a Nokia lx-12 bag phone and a Nokia 101 cloned together, back in the day of AMPS... it worked quite well, 3watts in the car and pocket portability when i wasn't...
Bell got my monthly charges for usage, the first phone registered on the network would ring, the second one could place calls, but not at the same time as a call on the first...
i never had any issues as both phones were in the same place when i powered one or the other up... if they had been hanging off two different cell sites, the fraud squad would have perked up its ears...
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