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Mo Heekan 12th June 2004 21:20

Worldwide SMS sending via computer
 
Hi all,

I'd like to be able to send sms messages to friends worldwide from the comfort of my computer at home or down route. I don't mind paying for the service, as long as the quality is good. Could anyone recommend a provider that does this hassle free please?

Regards


Mo

Naples Air Center, Inc. 13th June 2004 13:00

Biscuit Chucker,

You are correct, ICQ can send SMS.

SMS from ICQ to Cell Phones

http://cdn.icq.com/images/0,,9900,00.gif

Here is the how to:

How to Send ICQ SMS

Take Care,

Richard

Nightrider 14th June 2004 19:33

well, Richard, in the US of A may be....but not in Europe and not in most places in Asia.
It did send for quiet a while but, as so many other services, it stopped and announces the "unable to send" after you have entered all vital details and it collected them....

Some countries are covered by MSN-messenger, but again....you only find out after all the details are made available first....
And of course, all the details provided will never be used to Spam you at all...

Naples Air Center, Inc. 16th June 2004 12:51

Nightrider,

Personally I have never used it myself. I was just expanding on what Biscuit Chucker mentioned.

Take Care,

Richard

P.S. My Brother-in-Law has used it to SMS is girlfriend in the Czech Republic, but that is the only time I have seen it used first hand.

Keef 16th June 2004 19:20

I can use it to send SMS to friends in the USA, but trying to send to the UK (from within the UK) doesn't work. I've not gone further than that, but have heard from German friends that it doesn't work there.

spannersatcx 16th June 2004 20:06

If you have a mobile service provider then you may well be able to do it through their website. I know orange used to do it, (haven't checked for a while) as I used to use it to text the family back home from HKG.

WideBodiedEng 17th June 2004 08:05

O2 do!
 
Try http://www.o2.co.uk if you're an O2 customer.
I use O2.ie for free web text anywhere (well Irl, UK, USA). Their site holds a phone book for youas well.
Currently its 250 free texts/month.
Saves the blisters on the oul' thumbs!

PilotsPal 17th June 2004 12:13

You can have 50 free texts a month through the Orange website.

737TG 17th June 2004 17:55

I use http://www.cbfsms.com/ for SMS to UK...



Cheers!:ok:


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