1899 etc. SMS service

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:39:38 +0100, "PHH699" <[email protected]>
wrote:

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Horne" <[email protected]>
>Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,uk.telecom
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:16 AM
>Subject: 1899 etc. SMS service
>
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>> When I tried to
>> remove my landline as a registered number, then the only ID available
>> was the 0870 access number. Is this on purpose, or has anyone else
>> managed to get their mobile number as the ID? (More useful, obviously!)
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> David
>
>Like some others I got my "mobile number" to appear as ID for SMS message
>only after I had made a chargeable call on 1899 via my mobile number.
>
>Now I can successfully send SMS from 1899 with sender ID appearing as my
>mobile number.
>
>I suggest this might be a form of security verification to prevent anyone
>"spoofing" the sender ID, i.e. before you can use your mobile number as the
>sender ID you have to demonstrate that you actually have access to the
>mobile and can make a call from it. Not the strongest form of security but
>still would require physical access to the mobile.
>
>Only my "pennysworth".
>

That works a treat, you'd have thought they'd mention it on the
website. I sent my first test txt and the reply went to my BT phone
and hence their txt service on 0845!

18185 clock seems to be three hours fast, so the time of the txt is
way out!

Oh well it's still handy for when my 300 free txt run out.

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"J B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> 18185 clock seems to be three hours fast, so the time of the txt is
>> way out!
> 18866 ditto (yes, I know they're the same company!)

Doesn't this just reflect where their servers or whatever are based? Anyone
know where this might be?

V

On Jul 26, 8:48 pm, [email protected] (SimonB) wrote:
> David Horne <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sorry for the cross-posting, but this seemed to straddle both groups!
> > I've started using the sms service available via the 1899 website (the
> > other related companies offer the same service now) but I can't get it
> > to use my mobile number as an ID, only my landline! When I tried to
> > remove my landline as a registered number, then the only ID available
> > was the 0870 access number. Is this on purpose, or has anyone else
> > managed to get their mobile number as the ID? (More useful, obviously!)
>
> Has anyone checked what they were charged?
>
> I sent 4 texts to Italy - each was charged 4 pence, rather than the "to
> every country for only 1 p/message" that they are advertising.
> A text to Luxembourg was only 1p though.

You're lucky. I sent 4 to a German mobile (the person was sitting
next to me in London) and none of them made it.

"David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1i1r32x.n1pzt21rn4mr9N%[email protected]...
> Sorry for the cross-posting, but this seemed to straddle both groups!
> I've started using the sms service available via the 1899 website (the
> other related companies offer the same service now) but I can't get it
> to use my mobile number as an ID, only my landline! When I tried to
> remove my landline as a registered number, then the only ID available
> was the 0870 access number. Is this on purpose, or has anyone else
> managed to get their mobile number as the ID? (More useful, obviously!)
>

You need to have made at least one call from the mobile in the last month
for it to allow you to use it as your Ident
divoch

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:31:16 GMT, "divoch"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1i1r32x.n1pzt21rn4mr9N%[email protected]...
>> Sorry for the cross-posting, but this seemed to straddle both groups!
>> I've started using the sms service available via the 1899 website (the
>> other related companies offer the same service now) but I can't get it
>> to use my mobile number as an ID, only my landline! When I tried to
>> remove my landline as a registered number, then the only ID available
>> was the 0870 access number. Is this on purpose, or has anyone else
>> managed to get their mobile number as the ID? (More useful, obviously!)
>>
>
>You need to have made at least one call from the mobile in the last month
>for it to allow you to use it as your Ident
>divoch

You need to use your mobile at least once for each subsequent month as
well, or your sms page will lose your mobile number without
notification, so if you start getting txtx via BT again you know
what's happened, it's reverted to your landline number.

Hooch <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Jul 26, 8:48 pm, [email protected] (SimonB) wrote:
> > David Horne <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Sorry for the cross-posting, but this seemed to straddle both groups!
> > > I've started using the sms service available via the 1899 website (the
> > > other related companies offer the same service now) but I can't get it
> > > to use my mobile number as an ID, only my landline! When I tried to
> > > remove my landline as a registered number, then the only ID available
> > > was the 0870 access number. Is this on purpose, or has anyone else
> > > managed to get their mobile number as the ID? (More useful, obviously!)
> >
> > Has anyone checked what they were charged?
> >
> > I sent 4 texts to Italy - each was charged 4 pence, rather than the "to
> > every country for only 1 p/message" that they are advertising.
> > A text to Luxembourg was only 1p though.
>
> You're lucky. I sent 4 to a German mobile (the person was sitting
> next to me in London) and none of them made it.

It doesn't work texting to UK T-Mobile numbers. Anyone had success
sending to T-Mob?

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Simon