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Do you get charged to SMS a Landline?
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I can't seem to find this info online - I have like 100 free SMS Messages with Virgin and also with O2
And I know if someone has a BT Land line with caller Display you can send them an SMS and BT will convert the text into a voice message read out by some computer - but does the mobile phone company treat this as a normal SMS and come out of inclusive Text or charge extra - as they do with SMS abroad?
Thought using the SMS to Voice service might be useful to SMS my parents as they don't know how to use a mobile phone to read text messages and I don't think there's enough years left to teach them seeing as it took 4 years to teach my dad just to answer call on a mobile and stop calling the "AA" all the time (cos they were the first number in the phonebook)
And I know if someone has a BT Land line with caller Display you can send them an SMS and BT will convert the text into a voice message read out by some computer - but does the mobile phone company treat this as a normal SMS and come out of inclusive Text or charge extra - as they do with SMS abroad?
Thought using the SMS to Voice service might be useful to SMS my parents as they don't know how to use a mobile phone to read text messages and I don't think there's enough years left to teach them seeing as it took 4 years to teach my dad just to answer call on a mobile and stop calling the "AA" all the time (cos they were the first number in the phonebook)
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and yes, i presume it charges as its a text message, regardless of who/where it is sent to
so if you have an allowance i think it'd come out of ur text quota, why not ring your provider to see?
edit: u didnt look very far...i found this
http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=b371f93f-d8d8-4b13-b1cb-6932ce6fc64c
its specifically aimed at crimbo messages but i assume its the same all year round
I'm pretty sure you must have Caller Display for it to work.
None of our phones can handle SMS messages but they do have caller display enabled, however the voice BT uses is very fake sounding, it can be hard to understand.
DG, you will be charged the standard text rate as per your network tariff, it doesn't cost anymore than a standard text message.
Because of your free text allowance you won't be charged for it at all until you go over your allowance, assuming you do this of course, obviously if you dont you wont be charged.
yeah that's how I found out about all this sms to Land line stuff, my friend SMSed my home phone by mistake instead of my mobile.
Next thing I know Dr Who is leaving me a message on the home phone.
I think a woman's voice would work better
happened to me not too long ago.. got up and my ma was yappin about someone texting 'NE PARTYS ON DA GO' to the house phone at 4am