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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / February 2005How to send an SMS from your PC without knowing carrier
Okay, I finally finally finally, through searching and searching found a legit website that will send an sms to any cell phone without knowledge of carrier. My friend at Sprint PCS actually told me about it. The cell phone can even answer back, and it's completely free unlike most of those sites that will do the same thing. cellphonenumber@teleflip.com It works with all North American carriers. If you have questions just go to: www.teleflip.com I have no affiliation with this website...I'm just so excited to have finally found it. Apparently it's been around for quite a while. I'm going to post this to all of the carriers news groups. -Brian in Kansas City Worked right away for Nextel, < a minute. Still waiting (>10 min) for 2 Verizon test messages. > Okay, I finally finally finally, through searching and searching found a > legit website that will send an sms to any cell phone without knowledge of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -Brian in Kansas City I tested the site last week and it took over 3 hours to reach my verizon phone. Others who tested it reported results similar to your Nextel results- basically instantaneous. > Worked right away for Nextel, < a minute. > Still waiting (>10 min) for 2 Verizon test messages. I'd rather use http://www.phonenumber.com/reverse-phone to find the carrier - then http://www.aipcom.com/support/email-finder.asp to look up the domain (if needed). This prevents teleflip from ever using my address or the cell number for spam purposes. > Okay, I finally finally finally, through searching and searching found a > legit website that will send an sms to any cell phone without knowledge of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -Brian in Kansas City That doesn't work if the cell phone number has been ported to a carrier other than where it originated. I'm not disagreeing with you but while reading their FAQ I found this: "Taking advantage of number portability (moving your number to a new provider) should not affect receiving text messages through Teleflip. Note that it may take up to a week before the change is active in our system" God Bless, Brian > That doesn't work if the cell phone number has been ported to a carrier > other than where it originated. >I'm not disagreeing with you but while reading their FAQ I found this: >"Taking advantage of number portability (moving your number to a new >provider) should not affect receiving text messages through Teleflip. Note >that it may take up to a week before the change is active in our system" It still shows my old carrier, and I ported more than a year ago. >God Bless, > >Brian >> That doesn't work if the cell phone number has been ported to a carrier >> other than where it originated. -- Jack Hamilton Sacramento, California -- <> Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit. <> François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld it will always show the old carrier AFAIK, since they are assigned by blocks of numbers (entire exchanges). Number portability will always be a problem regardless of the system used, unless you ask the person who they use or send bounced numbers to every carrier - i.e., number@sprint, number@vtext, number@mycingular, etc. >>I'm not disagreeing with you but while reading their FAQ I found this: >>"Taking advantage of number portability (moving your number to a new [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > <> Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit. > <> Fran?ois VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld >>I'm not disagreeing with you but while reading their FAQ I found this: >>"Taking advantage of number portability (moving your number to a new >>provider) should not affect receiving text messages through Teleflip. Note >>that it may take up to a week before the change is active in our system" > >It still shows my old carrier, and I ported more than a year ago. What shows where? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.phonenumber.com/reverse-phone for one. >>>I'm not disagreeing with you but while reading their FAQ I found this: >>>"Taking advantage of number portability (moving your number to a new [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Okay, I finally finally finally, through searching and searching found a legit website that will send an sms to any cell phone without knowledge of carrier. I think you're giving them more credit than they're entitled; I doubt that Verizon (or any other carrier) could care less if a message to you is directed to cellphonenumber@vtext.com (or whatever the domain name of the appropriate carrier) or cellphonenumber@teleflip.com [or, if you have one, username@vtext.com] the recipient will pay for the text message. And if you send a message from your phone, I'm certain there's still a message charge even if the recipient is cellphonenumber@teleflip.com. For the sender, it is more convenient because he only has to remember only one domain name and doesn't have to worry about any change in the recipient's carrier (unless a change in number also is involved); that's the service being provided by teleflip.com. >Okay, I finally finally finally, through searching and searching found a >legit website that will send an sms to any cell phone without knowledge of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >finally found it. Apparently it's been around for quite a while. I'm going >to post this to all of the carriers news groups. IMO, if one of my friends gave my cell number out on some website, they wouldn't be my friend anymore. It did not work to an AT&T phone.  SignatureAll email is scanned and deemed virus free by Norton Anti-Virus 2003. > Okay, I finally finally finally, through searching and searching found a > legit website that will send an sms to any cell phone without knowledge of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -Brian in Kansas City |
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