Blocking subscribers defaulting payment from network access

A subscriber access management system, comprising:

• a subscriber data store containing subscriber account billing information;
• a payment server that accesses the subscriber data store and determines if subscribers have defaulted on payment for associated subscriber accounts, each subscriber account having one or more associated wireless devices, each associated wireless device having a network identifier;
• an over-the-air update component that transmit network identifier updates to wireless devices associated with the subscriber accounts according to a subscriber account default state, the updates affirmatively indicating that the subscriber accounts associated with the wireless devices are in default or are not in default;
• a bill payment website for facilitating subscriber account payments;
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• an access management component that, after receiving a request for network access from a wireless device, redirects the wireless device to the bill payment website without communicating with a gateway when the wireless device's network identifier indicates that the subscriber account associated with the wireless device is in default.

One or more computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method of managing network access for subscriber accounts, the method comprising:

• determining that a subscriber having an account has defaulted on payment for the account, the account having an associated wireless device having a first network identifier that indicates affirmatively that the account is not in default;
• transmitting a first over-the-air update to the associated wireless device through the network, the first update assigning the associated wireless device a second network identifier indicating that the account is in default, the second network identifier replacing the first network identifier;
• receiving a first request for network access from the associated wireless device;
• in response to receiving the first request for network access and without communicating with a gateway, redirecting the associated wireless device to a bill payment site based upon the second network identifier indicating the subscriber account is in default;
• upon receiving notice of payment for the account, transmitting a second over-the-air update to the associated wireless device through the network, the second update assigning the associated wireless device a third network identifier that does not indicate the account is in default, the third network identifier replacing the second network identifier;
• receiving a second request for network access from the associated wireless device;
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• in response to receiving the second request for network access, granting network access to the associated wireless device.