MartinM

This may be SIAL material....
...but if you have a UK Vodafone mobile, try sending a SMS to your UK landline number

I'm advised this is not a hoax, but I haven't got access to a VF mobile to check

Have fun....apparently

angrynorth

How bizzare!

Just sent some random messages to lots of people

MartinM

I understand that VF are in a 'soft launch' phase for SMS to landline (ie no publicity - but they forgot about the power of SN) and that this will be a highly advertised permanent capability soon

Remember, you heard it here first...

jaycee

T-mobile are also set to launch this soon as well.
I can see it being very irritating after the novelty value has worn off, everytime your phone rings a computer generated voice tries to decipher a drunken text message from your mates!

Jason

angrynorth

The readout voice is the campest computer voice I have ever heard.

Freak

dammit- my old voda sim is locked- trying to find someone with a voda sim.
Does it read out the number or is it anonymous??

angrynorth

reads the number, DOH

damian666

This is sweet.

jaycee

T-mobile is up and running now with it. The woman's voice is very nice!!

Jason

jaycee

It's childish but very funny to hear her using all of the obscenities we could think of!!
I best go and do some proper work now!!


Jason

damian666

Unfortunately my personal phone is on Virgin.

Work's phone is on Voda though

Damo

V5

ROFLMFAO! Cool!

At least I'm not the only one to have sent swear words!!

Fatman

...if this is a new service (albeit a 'softly' introduced one), do we know what it costs? There may be a few pi**ed-off SN'ers if it turns out that "SMS-to-landline" costs £1 a shot!

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

This thread really should be in muppets talk about little things please little minds I can't believe it has taken you this long to figure this out. It is not new at all just nobody has bothered to investigate it or accidentally send an SMS to a landline number.

Re-Bitten Hero

Yep, been available here for ages, and it costs the normal SMS price

Richard

MartinM

AFAIK, it's only been available in the UK in the last couple of days......and that's why I put UK in my first post (twice)...and yes, I did know it was available elsewhere in Europe already

The_Gza

Doesn't appear to work on O2 yet

jaycee

T-mobile are charging 10p per text sent and it doesn't come out of any allowances you might have.
T-Mobile are on the verge of suspending this service as they are having a few "issues" apparently.

Jason

Hammy Hamster

Doesn't work on my VF mobile to home.

rb5_336

does it only with with VF or T-Mobile to BT Landline ?

This is so cool! Dont actually have to phone the wife for a taxi from the station now, can send her some obsenities to get off her *** :-)

Sean

sti-04!!

its quality !!!!!!

RUFocused

Is that only on contract or will it work with PAYT if so i`ll top up my redundant T-mobile sim.

andypugh2000

It works on my spare t mobile payg sim

ScoobyDaz

Is your landline meant to ring when you send the message?????????

Fatman

...no. I called my office number and it worked (from VF contract phone). The office doesn't use BT as its provider, although when the 'text' was delivered the service announced it as being "BT".

jaycee

Yes Daz it is meant to!!

ScoobyDaz

The mobile says its delivered but the land line does f*** all, does it make a difference that its telewest

jaycee

I cant see why it wouldn't work with telewest because its the mobile network ringing the landline number as per a normal call. Which mobile network are you on? T-mobile were going to suspend the service this afternoon and I haven't tried mine since.

Jason

Nicci

I can't believe that it really works.

Also can't believe that I tried it.

I am on BT, you receive a message to say you have a message.
A female voice then 'read' my text. She pronounced scoobynet in a strange way though.