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Originally Posted by Rathji
This does seem plausible, however 7 is 111 and 9 is 1001, although if they store the entire number as one 32 bit field (or 8 bits for area code, 8 for exchange and 16 for the last 4 digits) then there are alot more possiblities that could cause this to occur, theoretically at least.
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Yes but remember that cell phone signals are encrypted (CDMA, 3G, etc) so 7 isn't 111 and 9 isn't 1001. Its whatever they were encrypted as.
Really depends on what Bell's service is, and their encryption could be more suspectible to bit error rates in the address (which can't be "smart" while text can be "smart" - i.e. spell check). Different encryptions and different implementations of hardware have different susceptibilities to bit error rates (tradeoffs between noise, gain, lower Vdd, etc)
(... I think I'm right... correct me if I'm wrong...)
(sorry for nerding it up)