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Thread ID: 40443 2003-12-08 07:34:00 OT - Why not text messaging for land lines ? Misty (368) PC World Chat
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198385 2003-12-08 09:08:00 > Off topic, but I'm sure people know the *35 function
> on phones in America, where it calls back the person
> who last called you.
>
> Does anyone know why we don't have this useful
> feature on New Zealand telco networks?


They do. Dial *52 on a Saturn/Telstra line and find out the nimber of the last caller. AFAIK we didn't subscibe to this it's part of the standard features.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
198386 2003-12-08 09:20:00 > They do. Dial *52 on a Saturn/Telstra line and find
> out the nimber of the last caller. AFAIK we didn't
> subscibe to this it's part of the standard features.

It costs you 25cents a go too & if the person that called has their number as private you still wont know who it was.
I know this as a few weeks ago I tried to track down the sod that rang our number at 1.30am :-(
Steve Askew (119)
198387 2003-12-08 10:33:00 Txting to 021 doesnt work from ICQ??? How come?? Chilling_Silently (228)
198388 2003-12-08 10:50:00 Surprised you didn't see the two or three threads on it last week... they changed the provider they used - used to be FarEasTone, now it's something else. It no longer works for 021... :( agent (30)
198389 2003-12-08 11:57:00 Does it work at all in New Zealand any more? Chilling_Silently (228)
198390 2003-12-08 12:05:00 Wouldn't seem so.

I don't know if Vodafone still run a service from their website... that's an alternative for Vodafone users if so. And Telecom does the same, do they not?
agent (30)
198391 2003-12-08 13:39:00 I don't really think landline-txt would really take off, i mean e-mail is so easy anyways.

It would be possible to implement (probably quite easily and cheaply) it would just be a mini computer that recieves data and displays on a lcd, a bit like a fax.

I mean, calling someone is just so much easier than pushing buttons multiple times...
/shrug

- David
DangerousDave (697)
198392 2003-12-08 16:36:00 With TelstraClear in Australia you can text from a payphone to any phone you like... go figure.

And in the US you can use a landline video phone to talk to anyone who has a video or normal phone and see video, text whatever you name it. We are soooo 3rd world over here.
aroc (3256)
198393 2003-12-08 17:36:00 > Does it work at all in New Zealand any more?

I sent ICQ-sms help an email & they replied that they can't guarantee the SMS service. :-(

You can still send sms from Vodafone site if you are a Vodafone user but it still gonna cost ya 20¢ per text.


Cheers Steve
Steve Askew (119)
198394 2003-12-08 18:45:00 from vodafone mobs with a sim2 can send emails, email is now the temporory asnwer. ilikelinux (1418)
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