On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 at 01:25, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: In Australia most, if not all, landlines will not process SMS calls. They > may not take video calls, etc. >
By default, the same is true of landlines in the UK. But BT (and possibly) others offer text services with landlines: http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9043/~/set-up-and-use-bt-text The BT landline offering is free to receive SMS but it costs to send them. Most mobile (cell) phones will process SMS, photos, documents and video > information. > However, the mobile in question may wish not to receive SMSs. See, for example, https://www.facebook.com/pg/Porters-cabin-228628847716482/about/ The ability to identify phones that have SMS, etc capabilities may be > desired. > Given that in some countries it's not possible to tell mobile from landline just by inspecting the number; given that some landlines can receive SMS; given that some mobile owner do not wish to be sent SMS; given that the wiki for phone=* casually mentions fax=*; then I suggest we need sms=* or phone:sms=* for when the mapper knows that SMS usage is acceptable on that number. Landline numbers used to be fixed to some address. These days the number > can be taken by the subscriber to another address (if they stay within the > same area code, outside that the number may already be in use). > In the UK you can take your number AND area code with you. Of course, it costs money to do so, but out-of-area numbering is fairly common. -- Paul
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