Another downside to Sprint "SMS"

The blackout brought home yet another downside to the silly
implementation of SMS that Sprint has stuck us with.

Two of my friends, unable to get through on the voice system, sent
me text messages.

I promptly got the notification that I had received "short mail",
and the instruction to go to the URL to receive the mail. Needless to
say, it was impossible to log onto the web for 24 hours to either read
the mail or send a reply. So the system was completely useless.

The most irritating part of it was the reality that they were able
to send me the notification instantly, since it apparently uses very
little resources, but have chosen a kludgy methodology wherein the
actual message is inaccessible. I wonder how well text messaging worked
with other providers.

Chris

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Sending a message to your SPCS email address is email or what Sprint
calls ShortMail. Sending a message to
[email protected] will send it directly to your
phone as SMS. Tell your friends to use that address instead.


On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:01:53 GMT, "Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The most irritating part of it was the reality that they were able
>to send me the notification instantly, since it apparently uses very
>little resources, but have chosen a kludgy methodology wherein the
>actual message is inaccessible. I wonder how well text messaging worked
>with other providers.
>
> Chris

On the downside, if they send it directly to your handset, you still
can't reply to it without going through their web-based short mail.

I really believe Sprint is missing out on a great deal of possible
revenue by not supporting traditional SMS.

At the very least they are missing out on my 40-50 bucks a month i now
give to AT&T instead of Sprint for that very reason.

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norelpref <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> Sending a message to your SPCS email address is email or what Sprint
> calls ShortMail. Sending a message to
> [email protected] will send it directly to your
> phone as SMS. Tell your friends to use that address instead.
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:01:53 GMT, "Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > The most irritating part of it was the reality that they were able
> >to send me the notification instantly, since it apparently uses very
> >little resources, but have chosen a kludgy methodology wherein the
> >actual message is inaccessible. I wonder how well text messaging worked
> >with other providers.
> >
> > Chris
>

[posted via phonescoop.com - free web access to the alt.cellular groups]

"norelpref" burbled to the world:

> Sending a message to your SPCS email address is email or what Sprint
> calls ShortMail. Sending a message to
> [email protected] will send it directly to your
> phone as SMS. Tell your friends to use that address instead.


A) that address is a damn sight harder to type into a cell
phone than just my phone number, which is already in their phonebook

2) I don't think I can respond to messages addressed as you
recommend.

More better Sprint should just do SMS like the rest
of the world does.

Chris

It would be nice if sprint (and other CDMA carriers) had SMS .. even
TDMA has a superior SMS system.

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RexyBlue <[email protected]> wrote:
> Verizon Wireless, another CDMA carrier, has the same ol' regular SMS
> as everyone else, including TDMA and GSM carriers. Sprint is, I
> believe, a stand-alone with its inferior system. (Don't know about
> Alltel.)

I believe Alltel has regular SMS. More to the point, I understand Sprint
reseller VirginPCS has regular SMS.

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Sending a message to your Sprint PCS E-mail address is Sprint PCS
E-Mail, not Short Mail. Sending to
[email protected], will be sent directly to your
phone as a Text Message, not Short Mail.


norelpref wrote:

> Sending a message to your SPCS email address is email or what Sprint
> calls ShortMail. Sending a message to
> [email protected] will send it directly to your
> phone as SMS. Tell your friends to use that address instead.
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:01:53 GMT, "Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>> The most irritating part of it was the reality that they were able
>>to send me the notification instantly, since it apparently uses very
>>little resources, but have chosen a kludgy methodology wherein the
>>actual message is inaccessible. I wonder how well text messaging worked
>>with other providers.
>>
>> Chris
>
>

"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> RexyBlue <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Verizon Wireless, another CDMA carrier, has the same ol' regular SMS
> > as everyone else, including TDMA and GSM carriers. Sprint is, I
> > believe, a stand-alone with its inferior system. (Don't know about
> > Alltel.)
>
> I believe Alltel has regular SMS. More to the point, I understand Sprint
> reseller VirginPCS has regular SMS.
>

As does QWest PCS, which is being assimilated into the Sprint PCS system.

Tom Veldhouse

Sprint already has SMS implemented on their network. They just won't
sell any phone that has it integrated...

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"hatoncat" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Sprint already has SMS implemented on their network. They just won't
> sell any phone that has it integrated...
>
>

How did you find this out?

Tom Veldhouse

hatoncat wrote:
> *Sprint already has SMS implemented on their network. They just
> won't sell any phone that has it integrated... *

Last I heard, it's not fully implemented on their network. They made
the necessary upgrades so Virgin can have SMS but Virgin owns some of
the equipment. Without that, Sprint can't use SMS even if the handsets
had it integrated. Sprint's half way to being where they need to be to
deploy SMS.

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letsgoflyers81 wrote:
> *Last I heard, it's not fully implemented on their network. They
> made the necessary upgrades so Virgin can have SMS but Virgin owns
> some of the equipment. Without that, Sprint can't use SMS even if
> the handsets had it integrated. Sprint's half way to being where
> they need to be to deploy SMS. *

Another affiliate of Sprint, I think it's called freedom wireless or
something similar also uses SMS on Sprint's network.

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hatoncat wrote:
> *Another affiliate of Sprint, I think it's called freedom wireless or
> something similar also uses SMS on Sprint's network. *

They might own the necessary equipment as well. Damn, I can't remember
what they're called. But with what Sprint actually owns and has access
to, they don't have the ability to offer MO-SMS.

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Jerome Zelinske <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<%[email protected]>...
> Sending a message to your Sprint PCS E-mail address is Sprint PCS
> E-Mail, not Short Mail. Sending to
> [email protected], will be sent directly to your
> phone as a Text Message, not Short Mail.
>
>
> norelpref wrote:
>
> > Sending a message to your SPCS email address is email or what Sprint
> > calls ShortMail. Sending a message to
> > [email protected] will send it directly to your
> > phone as SMS. Tell your friends to use that address instead.
> >
> >

I remeber years ago I paid for text messaging. It was very useful as
reminders etc. I still use it with Cingular phones. Is text
messaging still available today for SprintPCS phones? How much does
it cost?

> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:01:53 GMT, "Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> The most irritating part of it was the reality that they were able
> >>to send me the notification instantly, since it apparently uses very
> >>little resources, but have chosen a kludgy methodology wherein the
> >>actual message is inaccessible. I wonder how well text messaging worked
> >>with other providers.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >

"norelpref" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sending a message to your SPCS email address is email or what Sprint
> calls ShortMail. Sending a message to
> [email protected] will send it directly to your
> phone as SMS. Tell your friends to use that address instead.
>

Yet it seems to be avail & work with the Virgin Mobile phones -
which use the SPCS network -