Re: Text messaging from web url

["kinchyuk" <alex@xxxxxxx>]

PS: and don't forget, even Lycos have adverts on the end of each=20
text - and with most services you can't send a message from your own=20
mobile number.

Alex

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "kinchyuk" <alex@a...> wrote:
>=20
> If you look at some of the cheap'n'cheerful SMS providers, eg=20
Lycos,=20
> they route your text via operators outside the UK - the favourite=20
> place at the moment seems to be Singapore. This inevitably leads to=20
> delays, and increasingly often lately the messages just aren't=20
> getting delivered.
>=20
> To give you a quick insight, the UK mobile networks have introduced=20
a=20
> compulsary termination charge per text of 3p. That means that if=20
you=20
> want to deliver a message to any UK mobile, it'll cost you 3p (plus=20
> VAT). The way the cheap'n'cheerful operators get around it is send=20
> via an operator that doesn't have these interconnect agreements in=20
> place, and just "dump" the traffic onto the UK networks,
who=20
deliver=20
> it on a best efforts basis.
>=20
> If you take 3p, add the VAT, transaction fees for accepting card=20
> payments or deductions for the telephone top-up, plus the cost of=20
the=20
> infrastructure, you'll see that 6p inc VAT isn't making anyone much=20
> money at all. In fact if you spend =A330 on a top-up you get your=20
> credits for 5.4p inc VAT. There's hardly any margin in that!
>=20
> Would you be interested in paying a fiver a month to remove the=20
> adverts?
>=20
> Alex
>=20
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Alex Monaghan" <ha@m...>
wrote:
> > I thought the idea of paying for service was to get rid of=20
adverts=20
> etc...
> >=20
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kinchyuk [mailto:alex@xxxxxxx...]
> > > Sent: 03 July 2003 11:46
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Text messaging from web url
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Peter
> > >
> > > Yes there is a small signature at the end of each text.
It'll=20
only
> > > ever be at the end, would be really annoying to have it at
the
> > > beginning!
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "White, Peter"
<peter.white@b...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > Does the 128 limitation mean that the messages will
include
> > > adverts?  If so,
> > > > will they always be at the end of the message, or at
the=20
> beginning
> > > (I hope
> > > > not!)?
> > > >
> > > > Pete
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Alex Kinch [mailto:alex@xxxxxxx...]
> > > > Sent: 02 July 2003 10:55
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Text messaging from web url
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > message: what you want to send, max 128 characters
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > >
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