SMS to Pakistan?

Hello all,

I am about to get a Cingular phone, and one of my main reasons is to be able
to send international text messages to Pakistan. The reps have assured me
that I will be able to do so, BUT I have been burned in the past with other
carriers. So, I would like to know if anyone here has successfully been
able to send texts to Pakistan using their Cingular phone.

Many thanks.

Sahar S.

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> I am about to get a Cingular phone, and one of my main reasons is to be
able
> to send international text messages to Pakistan. The reps have assured me
> that I will be able to do so, BUT I have been burned in the past with
other
> carriers. So, I would like to know if anyone here has successfully been
> able to send texts to Pakistan using their Cingular phone.
>
> Many thanks.
>

Sure, Osama sends me instructions all the time via text.

In article <[email protected]>,
"Yusef Achmed" <[email protected]> wrote:

> > I am about to get a Cingular phone, and one of my main reasons is to be
> able
> > to send international text messages to Pakistan. The reps have assured me
> > that I will be able to do so, BUT I have been burned in the past with
> other
> > carriers. So, I would like to know if anyone here has successfully been
> > able to send texts to Pakistan using their Cingular phone.
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
>
> Sure, Osama sends me instructions all the time via text.

copy to Al Gonzales

>I am about to get a Cingular phone, and one of my main reasons is to be able
>to send international text messages to Pakistan. The reps have assured me
You can send text messages from your computer. Will that do the job?
I used my Cingular phone recently in Europe and text messages I sent were
never received and vice versa.

> >
> > Sure, Osama sends me instructions all the time via text.
>
> copy to Al Gonzales

The person who made the Osama comment needs to go to hell and not
return. People like you are what burn the heart of peace and well
being.

Secondly, who's Al Gonzales?

As for the original question of this thread which deserves as much
respect and diligence as any other human beings question(s).. I have
no idea.

I've never attempted to SMS to a foreign country.

All I'd be able to recommend to you is to Call cingular again, write
down the name /id of the representative you're speaking with. and
perhaps even ask them for referral to where you may find their
Policies/Terms of Service online, and then just read them all, and
what they say regarding SMS and pricing?

Express to them your feelings and that you do not want to be burned..
I'm sure they or someone there will understand.
Good luck.

Thanks to the folks who treated my query with the respect it deserved. I
will continue to check with Cingular. I don't know of a way to send SMS by
computer to Pakistan, and in any case, I'd rather have SMS capability from
my phone. In the meantime, if someone else has had direct experience with
SMS to Pakistan, please do let me know.

To those who flamed me, please know that it's EXACTLY people like you that
are the problem. We'll never have peace in this world until there are
people that think like you (and they do exist on both sides).

Sahar


<[email protected]> wrote in message news:N9Qkd.601138$8_6.358430@attbi_s04...
> >I am about to get a Cingular phone, and one of my main reasons is to be
> >able
>>to send international text messages to Pakistan. The reps have assured me
> You can send text messages from your computer. Will that do the job?
> I used my Cingular phone recently in Europe and text messages I sent were
> never received and vice versa.

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:42:47 -0500,
"Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Thanks to the folks who treated my query with the respect it deserved. I
>will continue to check with Cingular. I don't know of a way to send SMS by
>computer to Pakistan, ...

"Google is your friend"
<http://www.google.com/search?q=send+sms+pakistan>
First link is <http://www.smspk.com/>
More links follow.

>To those who flamed me, please know that it's EXACTLY people like you that
>are the problem. We'll never have peace in this world until there are
>people that think like you (and they do exist on both sides).

Nobody flamed you. The real problem is getting insulted so easily.
Chill out.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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* Reply by Jack D. Russell, Sr. <[email protected]>
* Newsgroup:alt.cellular.cingular
* Reply to: All; "John Navas" <[email protected]>
* Date:Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:43:11 -0500
* Subj:Re: SMS to Pakistan?
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JN> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

JN> In <[email protected]> on Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:42:47
JN> -0500, "Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Thanks to the folks who treated my query with the respect it
>> deserved. I will continue to check with Cingular. I don't know of
>> a way to send SMS by computer to Pakistan, ...

JN> "Google is your friend"
JN> <http://www.google.com/search?q=send+sms+pakistan>
JN> First link is <http://www.smspk.com/>
JN> More links follow.

>> To those who flamed me, please know that it's EXACTLY people like
>> you that are the problem. We'll never have peace in this world
>> until there are people that think like you (and they do exist on
>> both sides).

JN> Nobody flamed you. The real problem is getting insulted so
JN> easily. Chill out.

Indeed...and for the poster that asked, Al Gonzales is GW's soon to be
"Top Law Enforcement Officer" in these United States. Sheese, read the
newspaper. AG the AG.
--
Jack

I've had problems sending Cingular SMS overseas. For example, i can receive
SMS from China but not send them. Sending and receiving to some other
countries is hopeless.

I've never tried to Pakistan.

I heard that T-Mobile (owned by Deutsche Telecom) provides great
international SMS service. You may want to check there.


"Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks to the folks who treated my query with the respect it deserved. I
> will continue to check with Cingular. I don't know of a way to send SMS
> by computer to Pakistan, and in any case, I'd rather have SMS capability
> from my phone. In the meantime, if someone else has had direct experience
> with SMS to Pakistan, please do let me know.
>
> To those who flamed me, please know that it's EXACTLY people like you that
> are the problem. We'll never have peace in this world until there are
> people that think like you (and they do exist on both sides).
>
> Sahar
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:N9Qkd.601138$8_6.358430@attbi_s04...
>> >I am about to get a Cingular phone, and one of my main reasons is to be
>> >able
>>>to send international text messages to Pakistan. The reps have assured
>>>me
>> You can send text messages from your computer. Will that do the job?
>> I used my Cingular phone recently in Europe and text messages I sent were
>> never received and vice versa.
>
>

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* Reply by Jack D. Russell, Sr. <[email protected]>
* Newsgroup:alt.cellular.cingular
* Reply to: All; "Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]>
* Date:Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:46:27 -0500
* Subj:Re: SMS to Pakistan?
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SS> With all due respect, I DID get flamed. I post a legitimate query
SS> on SMS to Pakistan, and the first response to me mentions Osama.
SS> A second response suggests that someone notify the Attorney
SS> General's office. The assumption that I am somehow connected to
SS> any kind of criminal activity is insulting, rude, and to my mind,
SS> constitutes flaming. (And given the current widespread harassment
SS> and discrimination against Muslims in the U.S., this was NOT
SS> "harmless kidding" so please don't try to argue that.)

No, you didn't. You just perceived it as such. IMHO, you let your own
biases and prejudices color your judgment, and interpreted an attempt
at a little light hearted humor as a personal insult.

SS> I had obtained information online as well as from Cingular reps
SS> regarding international SMS. But given my previous experience
SS> with a service not working despite having all the information
SS> ahead of time, I was hoping for *first-hand* experience from a
SS> user in this newsgroup.

As one would imagine, not too many people have posted *first-hand*
information to this group related to SMS to Pakistan. Completely
normal as it is a relatively narrow line of questioning, IMHO. That's
changed now, thanks to you and your query here. Now if anyone wants or
needs that particular information, all they have to do is search
somewhere like Google Groups to obtain the correct info. Did you try
that before posting here? You may have found what you wanted without
all that followed. Good or bad, depending on one's point of view.

SS> In case anyone is interested, I was able to successfully send an
SS> SMS to Pakistan from a Cingular phone.

If you had tried to do that before posting anything, you would have
answered your own question without the need of this group or it's
perceived discriminatory participants. Have a good one.

--
Jack

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:04:39 -0500,
"Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>With all due respect, I DID get flamed.

Not true.

>I post a legitimate query on SMS to
>Pakistan, and the first response to me mentions Osama.

That was a joke, a bad joke, but a joke nonetheless.

>A second response
>suggests that someone notify the Attorney General's office.

That was a response to the bad joke.

>The assumption
>that I am somehow connected to any kind of criminal activity is insulting,
>rude, and to my mind, constitutes flaming.

That's your assumption, and it's going off the deep end.

>(And given the current
>widespread harassment and discrimination against Muslims in the U.S., this
>was NOT "harmless kidding" so please don't try to argue that.)

What nonsense.

>I had obtained information online as well as from Cingular reps regarding
>international SMS. But given my previous experience with a service not
>working despite having all the information ahead of time, I was hoping for
>*first-hand* experience from a user in this newsgroup.

This is a public forum where you *may* or may not be able to get help -- we're
all just unpaid volunteers.

>In case anyone is interested, I was able to successfully send an SMS to
>Pakistan from a Cingular phone.

Good for you. Self-help usually makes the most sense.

>"Jack D. Russell, Sr." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> ======================================================================
>
>> JN> Nobody flamed you. The real problem is getting insulted so
>> JN> easily. Chill out.
>>
>> Indeed...and for the poster that asked, Al Gonzales is GW's soon to be
>> "Top Law Enforcement Officer" in these United States. Sheese, read the
>> newspaper. AG the AG.
>> --
>> Jack
>>
>>
>

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 12 Nov 2004
17:58:35 GMT, "Richie" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I've had problems sending Cingular SMS overseas. For example, i can receive
>SMS from China but not send them.

That's probably due to government interference.

>Sending and receiving to some other
>countries is hopeless.

Which ones?

>I've never tried to Pakistan.
>
>I heard that T-Mobile (owned by Deutsche Telecom) provides great
>international SMS service. You may want to check there.

I seriously doubt that T-Mobile works any better than Cingular -- AFAIK they
use the same basic mechanism.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:38:39 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> said in alt.cellular.cingular:

>In <[email protected]> on Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:04:39 -0500,
>"Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>(And given the current
>>widespread harassment and discrimination against Muslims in the U.S., this
>>was NOT "harmless kidding" so please don't try to argue that.)

>What nonsense.

No, John, unfortunately, given the many incidents in the US alone, a
Muslim being afraid of persecution isn't being nonsensical. It's sad,
but it's true, that too many people see all Muslims as potential
terrorists.

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In <[email protected]> on Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:06:07
GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:38:39 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>
>>In <[email protected]> on Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:04:39 -0500,
>>"Sahar Shafqat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>(And given the current
>>>widespread harassment and discrimination against Muslims in the U.S., this
>>>was NOT "harmless kidding" so please don't try to argue that.)
>
>>What nonsense.
>
>No, John, unfortunately, given the many incidents in the US alone, a
>Muslim being afraid of persecution isn't being nonsensical. It's sad,
>but it's true, that too many people see all Muslims as potential
>terrorists.

True or not, it had nothing to do with his original rant; i.e., nonsense.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>