On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 09:03 +0100, Otu Ekanem wrote:
> 
>         Be careful of BT's SMS services though -- not only can they
>         not send to non-UK mobile numbers, but they can't even manage
>         to deliver to UK mobiles when they're roaming abroad. You
>         might want to use someone more competent, if that bothers you.

> This particular service is targeted towards developers wishing to add
> a comms component to their applications and not necessarily for direct
> consumer use*. 
> 
> And I can definitely confirm that it works globally and across all
> networks both in terms of delivery and even while roaming.

That's interesting. So BT _can_ manage to make SMS work properly, but
they just don't bother to do so for consumers using their land-lines and
actually paying for the service? :)

(Or has the land-line BT Text service been fixed recently and I just
haven't noticed yet?)

-- 
dwmw2

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