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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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| 198375 | 2003-12-08 07:34:00 | This is not too far off topic, I guess, as it is allied. It struck me today why do they not have text messaging for land lines ? Maybe you can get it but I have never seen it ! The technology would be simple enough it would seem. I can think of times that it would be most convenient to send a text message to a land line. As you can leave a voicemail message why is text different ? You would need an LCD screen. Perhaps LCD technology not compatible ? Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 198376 | 2003-12-08 07:43:00 | You can txt from your PC. Telecom's is call eTXT for Xtra customers (telecom No's only) and there is another one called EasiTXT from Rocom for anyone with an ISP and to any moble No. Not quite what you were asking but I'm sure that can be done as well with the right equipment. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 198377 | 2003-12-08 07:56:00 | That sounds like a great idea! However, the user at the other end usually would be somebody on a cellphone, otherwise if was a landline you might as well just phone them ;-) You can always use ICQ to txt 021 phone? |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 198378 | 2003-12-08 08:00:00 | Hi Chill I was initially thinking the other way round. I have a deal where it is "free" to phone outside working hours (Vodaphone) and if it was peak time then it would be much cheaper for me to text a landline, where the recipient did not have a cellphone ( eg my mum) Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 198379 | 2003-12-08 08:08:00 | > It would be much cheaper for me to text a landline, > where the recipient did not have a cellphone ( eg my > mum) Am I missing something here? What can you text to on a landline that your Mum could read? I thought that only cellphones, PDAs and computers etc had display screens. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 198380 | 2003-12-08 08:14:00 | Vodaphone also provides a txt sending from a PC-But you have to have a vodaphone to do it. | MrBeef (342) | ||
| 198381 | 2003-12-08 08:46:00 | We already have TXTing to landlines. Its called a FAX Technically speaking, the mobile TXT type service won't work. While mobile phones are always "on line" while powered up, in that they can communicate with the cell without outside intervention, to use that logic on a landline requires the act of picking up the phone to complete the connection. Or a massive investment by both Telcos and consumers, who have already made the investment in the mobile service. Limited caller ID info can be transferred now, one way, but only in the ring burst. No doubt that better technology would allow it, using ADSL technology. Oh wait, we have that as well. Its called Jetstream, and gosh, it delivers e-mail. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 198382 | 2003-12-08 08:56:00 | > You can always use ICQ to txt 021 phone? Sorry Chill but ICQ to 021 Vodafones don't work anymore :-( |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 198383 | 2003-12-08 08:56:00 | 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? |
agent (30) | ||
| 198384 | 2003-12-08 09:01:00 | Because they want you to subscribe to caller ID. Then you can call back the last 30 - 40 callers | godfather (25) | ||
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