Re: Cell phone text messaging...
On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 20:42 pm, Dave Watts wrote: those other places first, but in the long run, the US market isn't tied so tightly to a single standard with all of the drawbacks that might have. Single open/free* standards are a Good Thing though. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
ah, this is what I've been digging to find out.Hmm, well being that AOL is kind of sort of owned by a slightly large company, they prob got the funds to do stuff, eh?cell companies get phone#'s in blocks from the FCC, so it probably is not hard to get the cell#-to-cell company relationship.Now, with WNP, how is this going to change?hmm Doug -Original Message- From: Burns, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:49 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cell phone text messaging... But how does AOL know which provider the user has?When you set it up, they don't ask what carrier you have.All you enter is your phone number. John Burns -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Saturday 28 Feb 2004 14:53 pm, Burns, John wrote: Right, but by only giving AOL 3018675309, how does it know that it should be sent to SprintPCS? Or maybe ATT, T-mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc? The message is just sent to whoever mobile operator the provider is connected to, and they then forward it on just as if you had entered the number into a mobile phone. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
That's my question.I know locally, 399 has always been Nextel and many of the other exchanges were always one company or another, but now that you can switch numbers between carriers, I don't see how you'd be able to keep up unless you had a direct interface to some kind of data that matched a cell number to a carrieror if there was some kind of standard made for doing this sort of thing. John Burns -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cell phone text messaging... ah, this is what I've been digging to find out.Hmm, well being that AOL is kind of sort of owned by a slightly large company, they prob got the funds to do stuff, eh?cell companies get phone#'s in blocks from the FCC, so it probably is not hard to get the cell#-to-cell company relationship.Now, with WNP, how is this going to change?hmm Doug -Original Message- From: Burns, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:49 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cell phone text messaging... But how does AOL know which provider the user has?When you set it up, they don't ask what carrier you have.All you enter is your phone number. John Burns -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Saturday 28 Feb 2004 14:53 pm, Burns, John wrote: Right, but by only giving AOL 3018675309, how does it know that it should be sent to SprintPCS? Or maybe ATT, T-mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc? The message is just sent to whoever mobile operator the provider is connected to, and they then forward it on just as if you had entered the number into a mobile phone. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Cell phone text messaging...
On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 14:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so it probably is not hard to get the cell#-to-cell company relationship. You don't need it. You just send your SMS out via whatever text gateway you have (Gnokii and a phone, X25 to SMSC, ...). You don't need a gateway per phone company, any more than you need a mailserver per domain. Now, with WNP, how is this going to change?hmm You mean number porting between providers ? It's not a problem here in Europe, because we don't need a link to every phone co. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
Burns, John said: That's my question.I know locally, 399 has always been Nextel and many of the other exchanges were always one company or another, but now that you can switch numbers between carriers, I don't see how you'd be able to keep up unless you had a direct interface to some kind of data that matched a cell number to a carrier That is exactly what they have. In the Netherlands the system is called COIN and is basically an SDH network over which all telco's send route this number to me from now on messages in some predefined XML format for realtime changes and a service organisation maintains a database of all allocations. Jochem [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
So there's a text gateway?Is this similar to an SMTP server?Can I just send a text to 3018675309 and send it through some gateway and it will establish the carrier or whatever and send it on? Are these gateway connections free? John Burns -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 14:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so it probably is not hard to get the cell#-to-cell company relationship. You don't need it. You just send your SMS out via whatever text gateway you have (Gnokii and a phone, X25 to SMSC, ...). You don't need a gateway per phone company, any more than you need a mailserver per domain. Now, with WNP, how is this going to change?hmm You mean number porting between providers ? It's not a problem here in Europe, because we don't need a link to every phone co. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
Burns, John said: So there's a text gateway?Is this similar to an SMTP server?Can I just send a text to 3018675309 and send it through some gateway and it will establish the carrier or whatever and send it on? Yes. Are these gateway connections free? No. Jochem [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Cell phone text messaging...
On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 15:04 pm, Jochem van Dieten wrote: That is exactly what they have. In the Netherlands the system is called COIN We have something similar in the UK. Are these gateway connections free? No. But you can implement one cheaply with a serial cable, normal mobile phone, Linux and gnokiid. If you plan to send lots, then there are other options. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
WNP is wireless number portabilitysomehting here in the states of recent. interesting knowledge, thanks.the states are typically behind europe and asia in this stuff.odd, eh?seeing as how telephones and cell phones were invented here. so, john, seems that if you have access to a gateway, you could send to just a cell#.otherwise you will need to get the carrier and stuff from the user.I've seen a couple of sites do the latter. Doug -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 14:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so it probably is not hard to get the cell#-to-cell company relationship. You don't need it. You just send your SMS out via whatever text gateway you have (Gnokii and a phone, X25 to SMSC, ...). You don't need a gateway per phone company, any more than you need a mailserver per domain. Now, with WNP, how is this going to change?hmm You mean number porting between providers ? It's not a problem here in Europe, because we don't need a link to every phone co. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Cell phone text messaging...
On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 15:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: europe and asia in this stuff. Yup. And in phone technology too. seeing as how telephones and cell phones were invented here. splutter http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1098.htm the user.I've seen a couple of sites do the latter. You can see www.greatbigblue.com do the former if you like :-) -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
LOL...yeah, historical vantage points, eh? Like who really 'invented' the pytagoream theorem?The chinese knoew of this well before the greeks. Spoke to some folks here where I work, Alltel.Seems teh FCC has a clearing house of sorts that keeps the relation of phone # to carrier. Doug -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:58 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 15:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: europe and asia in this stuff. Yup. And in phone technology too. seeing as how telephones and cell phones were invented here. splutter http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1098.htm the user.I've seen a couple of sites do the latter. You can see www.greatbigblue.com do the former if you like :-) -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
interesting knowledge, thanks.the states are typically behind europe and asia in this stuff.odd, eh?seeing as how telephones and cell phones were invented here. It's unfortunate, but not odd really. In the states there's no uniformity across networks and little cooperation between government and telecoms, compared to Europe and Asia. So, in the short run, new features come out in those other places first, but in the long run, the US market isn't tied so tightly to a single standard with all of the drawbacks that might have. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Cell phone text messaging...
On Saturday 28 Feb 2004 14:53 pm, Burns, John wrote: Right, but by only giving AOL 3018675309, how does it know that it should be sent to SprintPCS? Or maybe ATT, T-mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc? The message is just sent to whoever mobile operator the provider is connected to, and they then forward it on just as if you had entered the number into a mobile phone. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
But how does AOL know which provider the user has?When you set it up, they don't ask what carrier you have.All you enter is your phone number. John Burns -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Saturday 28 Feb 2004 14:53 pm, Burns, John wrote: Right, but by only giving AOL 3018675309, how does it know that it should be sent to SprintPCS? Or maybe ATT, T-mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc? The message is just sent to whoever mobile operator the provider is connected to, and they then forward it on just as if you had entered the number into a mobile phone. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Cell phone text messaging...
Burns, John wrote: But how does AOL know which provider the user has?When you set it up, they don't ask what carrier you have.All you enter is your phone number. If you dial a phone number, do you have to specify which carrier the phone number is on, or does the phone company find that out for you? Jochem -- I don't get it immigrants don't work and steal our jobs - Loesje [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
I use a company that enables me to send messages to my customers, i don't need to know which carrier they are with.If they respond however the company i use tells me who the carrier is. AOL probably uses an intermediary company also.These intermediary companies have agreements with all the providers... when a text message is sent it comes with a header which would say which network the customer is on.Then, this middle company can send it on to you. Or vice versa. I use http://www.eplcommunications.com in the UK. HTH -- Original Message -- From: Burns, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:48:44 -0500 But how does AOL know which provider the user has?When you set it up, they don't ask what carrier you have.All you enter is your phone number. John Burns -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Cell phone text messaging... On Saturday 28 Feb 2004 14:53 pm, Burns, John wrote: Right, but by only giving AOL 3018675309, how does it know that it should be sent to SprintPCS? Or maybe ATT, T-mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc? The message is just sent to whoever mobile operator the provider is connected to, and they then forward it on just as if you had entered the number into a mobile phone. -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Cell phone text messaging...
On Monday 01 Mar 2004 15:02 pm, Stuart Kidd wrote: These intermediary companies have agreements with all the providers... knowing look They don't have to. /knowing look -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BlueFinger Limited Underwood Business Park Wookey Hole Road, WELLS. BA5 1AF Tel: +44 (0)1749 834900 Fax: +44 (0)1749 834901 web: www.bluefinger.com Company Reg No: 4209395 Registered Office: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, BRISTOL. BS1 6EG. *** This E-mail contains confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company. BlueFinger Limited cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks.*** [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Cell phone text messaging...
Right, but by only giving AOL 3018675309, how does it know that it should be sent to SprintPCS? Or maybe ATT, T-mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc?That's what I'm trying to figure out. John From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 2/27/2004 4:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cell phone text messaging... basically there's a email-to-cell gateway, translating an internet email to sms.So the cell company sets up a domain and usually uses the [EMAIL PROTECTED] format to forward emails to this gateway.So, theoretically, AOL's AIM does nothing really expect forward the IM to email. Douglas Knudsen (Telecommuting) Alltel ACI RRT Group Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish. -Ovid -Original Message- From: Burns, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 2/27/2004 4:19 PM To: CF-Talk Cc: Subject: Cell phone text messaging... Does anyone know if there is some kind of standard for text messaging cell phones?I ask because I notice that AOL now allows you to forward instant messages to your cell phone and all you have to enter is you cell number.I know with some companies you can email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and that will turn into a text message for your phone, but I'm curious how they are able to text message your IMs with just your cell number...ESPECIALLY now that there's the whole take your number with you law in place.Granted, AOL could have some agreement with the companies to get a list of all the numbers for this service, but that seems doubtful.Anyone know of a simple way, given a cell number that I can create a CF page that will send a text message to that phone? John Burns _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
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basically there's a email-to-cell gateway, translating an internet email to sms.So the cell company sets up a domain and usually uses the [EMAIL PROTECTED] format to forward emails to this gateway.So, theoretically, AOL's AIM does nothing really expect forward the IM to email. Douglas Knudsen (Telecommuting) Alltel ACI RRT Group Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish. -Ovid -Original Message- From: Burns, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 2/27/2004 4:19 PM To: CF-Talk Cc: Subject: Cell phone text messaging... Does anyone know if there is some kind of standard for text messaging cell phones?I ask because I notice that AOL now allows you to forward instant messages to your cell phone and all you have to enter is you cell number.I know with some companies you can email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and that will turn into a text message for your phone, but I'm curious how they are able to text message your IMs with just your cell number...ESPECIALLY now that there's the whole take your number with you law in place.Granted, AOL could have some agreement with the companies to get a list of all the numbers for this service, but that seems doubtful.Anyone know of a simple way, given a cell number that I can create a CF page that will send a text message to that phone? John Burns _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
