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Do they reuse the old esns
ok here is a good question about this. Has anyone looked into if old esn numbers are recycled? I mean it may seem obvious but I mean in the corporate scene it isnt always what is logical. I mean there has to be some way of tracking inactive esn numbers. Such as actually looking at which ones are NEVER on the network. The situeation might not be as bad as it seems. That is just my two cents.
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there are a couple of reasons why ESNs can't be recycled.
first, the TIA began assigning ESNs in the 80s, when computerized records weren't exactly reliable. and many of the companies they assigned blocks of ESNs to kept even worse records, so the TIA is wary of re-assigning many of these blocks of ESNs unless companies kept good enough records to prove they haven't been used.
second, ESNs are used for billing and security, so no ESN can be used twice. there's no way to safely declare an ESN as inactive once it's been used. and if for some reason it was declared inactive, but then pops up again, there'd be no way to differentiate that phone from a newer model with the same ESN. this is the same problem as the pseudoESN collisions discussed...
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first, the TIA began assigning ESNs in the 80s, when computerized records weren't exactly reliable. and many of the companies they assigned blocks of ESNs to kept even worse records, so the TIA is wary of re-assigning many of these blocks of ESNs unless companies kept good enough records to prove they haven't been used.
second, ESNs are used for billing and security, so no ESN can be used twice. there's no way to safely declare an ESN as inactive once it's been used. and if for some reason it was declared inactive, but then pops up again, there'd be no way to differentiate that phone from a newer model with the same ESN. this is the same problem as the pseudoESN collisions discussed...
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