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Watertown - 19 Sep 2003 21:54 GMT

Hello...
I can't seem to send text messages, I receive them ok, I also get web
messages fine.

I sent a couple to someone on Sprint but he never got them, I sent a reply
to someone on "Upoc" to see if that would work, (nope).

I am being charged for these messages, so AT&T has them as being sent as my
phone does, anyone know what I may be doing wrong??

Also, using a T720 I can't see anything that would tell me if I'm calling
another cell phone, on AT&T's web page or on my phone.
I have called someone a couple of times who is on Sprint, but can find no
mention of it except the length of the call.

-=W

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xNokia_3390x - 20 Sep 2003 04:44 GMT

> Hello...
> I can't seem to send text messages, I receive them ok, I also get web
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> I have called someone a couple of times who is on Sprint, but can find no
> mention of it except the length of the call.

If you are sending it to a normal SprintPCS phone which doesn't have Vision
(or whatever else you need to receive SMS) the phone will not get it. I
believe you WILL be charged for these messages. Your phone will not and
cannot till you if you are calling a landline or cell phone. You need to
label each contact in your phone as such. For example: Bob Cell, Bob Home,
Bob Work -- so then when you look in your call logs, you can see which
number you called.

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Dan W. - 20 Sep 2003 06:51 GMT

You can also try sending the message to their sprint phones email
address (ie 9765551212@messaging.sprintpcs.com).

Vision, non vision, text updates enabled, text updates
disabled...sending sms to sprint phones is not always an easy task is
it? As a matter of fact, thats why i left them! =)

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"xNokia_3390x" <ofc2-ivom@REMOVEspamex.com> wrote in article
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> > Hello...
> > I can't seem to send text messages, I receive them ok, I also get web
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> Bob Work -- so then when you look in your call logs, you can see which
> number you called.

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xNokia_3390x - 20 Sep 2003 07:33 GMT

> Vision, non vision, text updates enabled, text updates
> disabled...sending sms to sprint phones is not always an easy task is
> it? As a matter of fact, thats why i left them! =)

I have only two relatives on SPCS. One I don't call their cell phone, and
the other I do call -- and would like to text message, but I can't. Oh
well, 9 more months still she can switch to a decent carrier ;)

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Carl. - 21 Sep 2003 01:09 GMT

> Hello...
> I can't seem to send text messages, I receive them ok, I also get web
> messages fine.
>
> I sent a couple to someone on Sprint but he never got them, I sent a reply
> to someone on "Upoc" to see if that would work, (nope).

Can't say for sure, but there is an amazingly good chance it's a Sprint
issue for numerous reasons. Try sending a text message to your own number,
I'll bet you get it.

> Also, using a T720 I can't see anything that would tell me if I'm calling
> another cell phone, on AT&T's web page or on my phone.
> I have called someone a couple of times who is on Sprint, but can find no
> mention of it except the length of the call.

I don't think any cell phone can tell you that, and out of four carriers I
have used my bills never said so either. Any particular reason why you need
it?

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Watertown - 21 Sep 2003 02:27 GMT

> > Also, using a T720 I can't see anything that would tell me if I'm calling
> > another cell phone, on AT&T's web page or on my phone.

> I don't think any cell phone can tell you that, and out of four carriers I
> have used my bills never said so either. Any particular reason why you need
> it?

It costs to do mobile to mobile, I don't think it should but it does.
If there was a way to tell I could avoid the call or know if someone gave me
a cell number to call them at.

My phone does have a light to tell me if an incoming is a roaming call.

-=W

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O/Siris - 30 Sep 2003 17:32 GMT

> It costs to do mobile to mobile, I don't think it should but it does.
> If there was a way to tell I could avoid the call or know if someone gave me
> a cell number to call them at.

It costs? As in more than to a landline? Sprint doesn't charge extra
for M2M calls. My wife uses Cingular, and doesn't experience that
either. A quick review of the plans on the ATTWS site don't show that,
either. I'm with Carl that I don't think any phone indicates a call to
or from another cell phone. That kind of information just isn't
transmitted in a call.

So far as I'm aware, once a call gets to the POTS switches, it's just a
phone call.

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Group Special Mobile - 21 Sep 2003 05:29 GMT

>> Also, using a T720 I can't see anything that would tell me if I'm calling
>> another cell phone, on AT&T's web page or on my phone.
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>have used my bills never said so either. Any particular reason why you need
>it?

Try http://telcodata.us and you can find who an area code/prefix
belongs to.

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