For a couple of months now I have been using a Blackberry Pearl, but as I have a Prepaid AIS Sim Card I have not been able to use data services.. not until today.

Usually I leave my phone switched on all the time, but last night I had a headache so I decided to switch off my phone and go to lie down for a couple of hours. When I woke up I forgot to switch my phone on and did not do so until midday today. Immediately I switched it on I got an SMS message from Blackberry with the following message:

From: BlackBerry
Subject: Registration
Your handheld has been registered with the wireless network.

Hmm, surprising as I’m not paying a subscription.

Then I noticed that the edge logo was uppercase EDGE, I had never seen that before as it only happens when a BlackBerry has data enabled, also the normal message that says “Data Connection Refused” was not there.

I switched the phone off and on a couple of times, and still my phone registers on the data network with no active subscription, Im totally baffled as to why.

I went to the AIS BlackBerry website to look for more info, but none is available. I guess they are just testing something on the network or there is a problem that is allowing unsubscribed BlackBerry handsets to register, but whatever the reason I’m getting data service on my prepay sim as confirmed by the diagnostic utility.

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