[Asterisk-Users] Text Messaging or AIM

[Robert Hajime Lanning]

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> Well, as far as I know there is no such service in the USA. Take in
> mind that SMS is not so popular in the states, email is, and every
> cell phone in the US that I have seen that supports SMS, supports SMS
> to email from the phone as well.

um, backwards.  E-Mail to SMS.  I have not seen the other way around.

>Just take a look at this:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20050313/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc
> Most providers have an SMS to email gateway. To send a message to any
> SprintPCS phone use: 10digitmobilephonenumber at messaging.sprintpcs.com,
> for Verizon use: 10digitmobilephonenumber at vtext.com. I don't know for
> the others. There is also a problem that since Number Portability came
> in last year there is no way of knowing which phone number belongs to
> which provider.
>

Yup, I've messed with AT&T's gateway before, they were bought by
Cingular/SBC.

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