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Isn't this strangeee !!! international texts only to certain contries

fayyaz

Apr 10, 2004, 12:12 PM
i tried to text message internationally, i was able to send and receive to certain countries whereas i wasnt able to send or receive from other countries, the fact is that even the countries i wasn't able to send/receive have got GSM 850 900 and 1800, can anyone tell me why this is happening and is Cingular in the process of updating its technology so as to allow text messages to all over the world,
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Myth

Apr 10, 2004, 1:49 PM
fayyaz said:
i tried to text message internationally, i was able to send and receive to certain countries whereas i wasnt able to send or receive from other countries, the fact is that even the countries i wasn't able to send/receive have got GSM 850 900 and 1800, can anyone tell me why this is happening and is Cingular in the process of updating its technology so as to allow text messages to all over the world,

Even the most powerful phone or tower will not reach across the ocean to another country, and I have no problem texting those evil CDMA users from my GSM phone.

Instead, it is a question of our network knowing where to send the message, and coding it so the receiving network can get it to the righ...
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fayyaz

Apr 10, 2004, 8:28 PM
i agree with you and now i understand very well, anyhow i think Cingular needs to take this into consideration and start making some chages, btw i could text to England and India but was trying to text Tanzania and UAE which were not receiving,
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