Stopping premium texts

"the dog from that film you saw"
<dsb@REMOVETHECAPITALSbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> personally i'd like legislation to force networks to let
> their users opt out of premium charges making them
> impossible - just like you can bar 0898 numbers on a
> landline.

0898..? Which decade are we in today..?!

BTW what's wrong with your shift keys..?

Ivor

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"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> "the dog from that film you saw"
> <dsb@REMOVETHECAPITALSbtinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:54tkikF21v72aU1@mid.individual.net
>
> [snip]
>
>> personally i'd like legislation to force networks to let
>> their users opt out of premium charges making them
>> impossible - just like you can bar 0898 numbers on a
>> landline.
>
> 0898..? Which decade are we in today..?!
>
> BTW what's wrong with your shift keys..?



i arranged for my shift keys to be barred by ofcom.



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/

t-mobile will bar reverse charging sms via a quick call to cs - maybe tesco
will do the same ?

i was being charge £50-60 pcm for these sms's. regardless of the number of
times I sent STOP they still came through until t-moby blocked them on my
account.

HTH,

regards, kev
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.205007df4c68b6798a7a9@text.usenet.plus.net
>
> [snip]
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>> No,. Opt-in confirmation is required. What is more likely
>> is that one of your sons mates has nicked the phone for a
>> few seconds and sent a text to 89888.
>
> I didn't opt in to the unsolicited SMS I received that cost me a quid. The
> phone hadn't been used in 6 months and was switched off in my car
> glovebox. The SMS arrived when I switched it on to make a short call to
> keep the SIM live.
>
> Oh it was Orange, Jon.
>
> Ivor
>
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