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| josulliv101@gmail.com 2007-02-20, 3:33 pm |
| Hi,
I would like to promote an email address which people can text message
via their cellphone. I would then process these emails and send a
reply. The reply address would be the person's email equivalent of
their cellphone number (such as joe@vext.com). Then, the person would
be pinged via text message with my reply. From what I have read it
seems that this is possible.
So the cellphone user who initiated the call would be charged twice -
once for the out going text message, and again for receiving the
reply. Is this now 15 cents each way? As for me, would I be charged
anything? Not sure how they would even know who to charge.
So this scenarios works in the United States for all the major
carriers-- what abou International? The international user would need
to send an actual email via their handheld device, then receive an
actual email?
I am new to the mobile world and would appreciate anybody offering
their insight on things I am not thinking of, like are their
restrictions by carriers on use of their "@vtext.com" email addresses.
-Joe
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| Jack Hamilton 2007-02-20, 10:33 pm |
| josulliv101@gmail.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to promote an email address which people can text message
>via their cellphone. I would then process these emails and send a
>reply. The reply address would be the person's email equivalent of
>their cellphone number (such as joe@vext.com). Then, the person would
>be pinged via text message with my reply. From what I have read it
>seems that this is possible.
Perhaps not on all carriers, but on at least some, yes. I know VZW
can send and receive email via text messages.
>So the cellphone user who initiated the call would be charged twice -
>once for the out going text message, and again for receiving the
>reply. Is this now 15 cents each way?
Depends on the carrier and the plan. Text messaging without a plan
has gotten expensive, but with a plan it can be less than a penny a
message.
>As for me, would I be charged
>anything? Not sure how they would even know who to charge.
I don't think you would be charged, unless you ordinarily pay to send
and receive email.
>So this scenarios works in the United States for all the major
>carriers-- what abou International? The international user would need
>to send an actual email via their handheld device, then receive an
>actual email?
email doesn't, in general, know whether it's international.
>I am new to the mobile world and would appreciate anybody offering
>their insight on things I am not thinking of, like are their
>restrictions by carriers on use of their "@vtext.com" email addresses.
I don't know of any, but I haven't studied it. Carriers are paid by
the message, why would they put on restrictions as llong as there's
not a spam problem?
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