(+1}text message

a friend mine just got off the phone with CS concerning text messaging
.....they told him to get it to work he would have to put a +1 in front of
the number to get it to work.....anyone ever heard of such,by the way he has
a v400 thanks

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In article <[email protected]>, Jack D. Russell, Sr.
<[email protected]> wrote:

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> * Reply by Jack D. Russell, Sr. <[email protected]>
> * Newsgroup alt.cellular.cingular
> * Reply to: All; "TIM CAMPBELL" <t@c,com>
> * Date:Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:36:23 -0500
> * Subj: (+1}text message
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> TC>a friend mine just got off the phone with CS concerning text
> TC>messaging ....they told him to get it to work he would have to
> TC>put a +1 in front of the number to get it to work.....anyone
> TC>ever heard of such,by the way he has a v400 thanks
>
> I've always had to enter the number as a 11 digit number to get text
> messaging to work properly and *reliably*. That is 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx.
> It's a hit and miss proposition otherwise.

The OP asked about +1, not 1 plus.

a plus sign before the country code is the standard for GSM and also
for europe. AFAIK it might also be for the rest of the world.

If you're in the USA the + sign replaces 011 (international dialing
code), and also makes it possible to have your electronic phone book to
use the same entry regardless of which country you might be in at the
moment. You can dial (or text to) numbers within and outside your area
code using the +.

steve