did u know u can send text messages to home lines?

[misdee]

i didnt. but dh just did it. the phone rang and an automated voice reads the msg to u. very weird.

oh that must be what i got the other day and i just put the phone down without listening to it as thought it was some scam

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that is so weird I have just texted my home phone and it came as a 1571 message

cool, off to try that!

mega! Like that! We are all sending ourselves phone messages now in the Lisa78 household!
How sad are we? LOL

sulk ... I just tried that and got a "number not in use" error. pout

georgina have you got 1571 set up?

I found about this early in August when ds got a "text" from his great uncle to wish him happy birthday.

Haven't tried it myself though.

Yes, we have 1571.

Oh I've just done it. How exciting! Simple pleasures

just tryed this and my phone said "Message not sent try again later" We have 1571

Which mobile phone networks are you all on... I'm on Orange.

Vodaphone

Ah... done some research. It appears T-Mobile & Vodaphone have that facility. O2 and Orange doesn't appear to work with yet

Oh and it also seems that you need a BT or Telewest landline.

we are on 02 tho. with bt line.

Ooo... perhaps O2 have recently rolled it out? glares at Orange

we are 02 [pay and go talkalot] and BT

Here you go, an article on The Register about it...

And Another which goes more into the voice synth stuff and potential uses for the technology.

We have one of those too, Sue (Panasonic digital cordless) but you have to register with SMS and then pay 12p per text - didn't seem worth it when everybody has a mobile anyway!

oh no, what a bad idea

we will all stop speaking soon and text instead