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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Fido / January 2004International SMS Problem... please help...
I'm having trouble texting/SMSing someone in Florence, Italy... I've SMSed people int he UK and Australia before with no problems. My buddy gave me his number. It was something like +39349257xxxx. I first tried to send a msg to that number with the delivery receipt. The receipt came back saying REJECTED, error 087. He was able to succesfully send a msg to me. When I hit reply (and add a 111 delivery receipt), the same thing happened - it came back with a rejection. Any ideas on how I could SMS him? I tried other SMSC numbers... they don't even let the message get sent. Why is he able to SMS me but mine bounce back? Please help... > I'm having trouble texting/SMSing someone in Florence, Italy... Try using 011 instead of +. Sometimes that helps, sometimes not. Which provider is he on? I'll update my list: http://members.shaw.ca/stevefisher/fido/sms.html  Signature"Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice." > Try using 011 instead of +. Sometimes that helps, sometimes not. Tried, didn't work... Thanks. On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:56:43 -0500, Mark says... > My buddy gave me his number. It was something like +39349257xxxx. I first > tried to send a msg to that number with the delivery receipt. The receipt > came back saying REJECTED, error 087. That's because it's a Vodafone number (also previously known as Omnitel) with their crappy policy of blocking all international SMS. There's nothing you can do but ask if your friend has a number on TIM or Wind providers which won't give you any problems. Take a look here: http://members.shaw.ca/stevefisher/fido/sms.html > Take a look here: http://members.shaw.ca/stevefisher/fido/sms.html Speaking of which... updated for Vodafone in Italy not working. :( If OP gets it working, I'll move it to working, but I'm more than willing to believe Vodafone doesn't work to a particular country. I'm always a little surprised when I read a report that it *does* work to a country. > Why is he able to SMS me but mine bounce back? It is not uncommon that a network refuses inbound SMS from otyher networks while allowing SMS to leave its own netowrk to go elsewhere. You might be better off sending your messages via email from your phone. Much less efficient, but it wouldn't get blocked. I think that the GSM association should really work harder at allowing inter-network SMS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com> Newsgroups: alt.cellular.fido Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 8:39 PM Subject: Re: International SMS Problem... please help... > You might be better off sending your messages via email from your phone. Much > less efficient, but it wouldn't get blocked. I guess this is what I will probably have to end up doing... Does anyone know the email address to send Vodafone/Omnitel Italy messages to? What the format is? Thanks. >I'm having trouble texting/SMSing someone in Florence, Italy... > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Please help... If your phone has a setting to "reply via same centre" then turn it on. Now try replying to your friend's message. Hopefully this will work. > If your phone has a setting to "reply via same centre" then turn it > on. Now try replying to your friend's message. Hopefully this will > work. Tried that too already... Tried everything! Nothing works... I have the error codes, 087 and 092 on the delivery reports... Does that help anything at all? Thanks. Some networks impose termination fees of up to 6.5 Euro Cents per message. All networks in France, Italy and Spain do so. Many other networks in Europe have the same requirement. In general you cannot send to these networks, although you can receive messages from those networks. To overcome this limitation you will have to go through one of the independent SMS specialists. I have been using www.ipipi.com for over 3 years now. Great and ever expanding network coverage and functionality way beyond what your handset offers. Hope this helps, b > I'm having trouble texting/SMSing someone in Florence, Italy... > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Please help... > I have been using www.ipipi.com for over 3 years now. Great and ever > expanding network coverage and functionality way beyond what your handset > offers. Can it be used as a replacement for Fido's message center on a handset? On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:15:41 GMT, Brian News says... > Some networks impose termination fees of up to 6.5 Euro Cents per message. > All networks in France, Italy and Spain do so. Many other networks in Europe *ALL NETWORKS*? I don't think so. You can still send messages to TIM, Wind (Italy) and other providers listed on Steven's website with no extra charge to the receiver and just a standard charge for the sender (10 cents on Fido). > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:15:41 GMT, Brian News says... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > extra charge to the receiver and just a standard charge for the sender > (10 cents on Fido). It's pretty stupid to block for termination fees. How many times a day does a user NOT reply to a SMS? Get 'em on the send. What Fido can do is charging more to send these messages and pay this charge with it. That's the way it work in France. You pay 15 cents for regular SMS and 30 cents for international one. Of course recieving SMS are free with them (as receiving calls!). > Some networks impose termination fees of up to 6.5 Euro Cents per message. > All networks in France, Italy and Spain do so. Many other networks in Europe [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > Please help... |
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