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CardJoe · 15th Aug 2008, 12:58

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08...-sms-service/1

Micro-blogging site Twitter has cancelled the ability to be notified of updates via SMS in the UK due to spiralling messaging costs - but is hopeful that it'll be able to bring it back eventually.

legoman666 · 15th Aug 2008, 13:18

I still can't believe that anyone cares about every minute thing that I'm doing. Hell, I don't even care about every minute thing that I'm doing...

Timmy_the_tortoise · 15th Aug 2008, 13:19

What on earth is Twitter?

Bauul · 15th Aug 2008, 13:54

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Originally Posted by Timmy_the_tortoise

What on earth is Twitter?

As pointless as most people reckon Twitter is....

You're not serious right?

Veles · 15th Aug 2008, 14:03

I also have no idea what Twitter is

Timmy_the_tortoise · 15th Aug 2008, 14:11

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Originally Posted by Bauul

As pointless as most people reckon Twitter is....

You're not serious right?

I am deadly serious.

Tyrmot · 15th Aug 2008, 14:17

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Originally Posted by Veles

I also have no idea what Twitter is

+1

Hex · 15th Aug 2008, 14:43

I recently switched over to Plurk instead, the Twitter Fail Whale was driving me nuts. I much prefer the way you can have threaded conversations with Plurk and I don't need to see replies to messages I don't care about.

I should add I've never bothered with the Twitter SMS service. It's easier for me to load the mobile page, I couldn't get TwitterBerry to work properly.

kenco_uk · 15th Aug 2008, 14:51

Twitter seems to be a collection of remarks posted to your own twitter mini-website from a mobile/laptop/internet connection so that other people can read them. They mostly tie into answers or remarks to/from other peoples' twitters, but sometimes it's very random indeed.

Xir · 15th Aug 2008, 15:14

...I wikipediad twitter, read the explanation and still don't understand what ist's supposed to be...

DXR_13KE · 15th Aug 2008, 15:18

it also surprises me that Americans pay for the sms they receive.... that is weird and strange.

Hex · 15th Aug 2008, 15:25

The Twitter website explains it best. It's basically a micro-blogging service. You know those status updates on FaceBook and MySpace? Well it's pretty much that, but it's been going a lot longer and is surprisingly popular. I know a lot of people poo-hoo it as they don't care what anyone else is doing, but when you have a group of friends who all use one of these services it can be very useful and provide you with amusement during the boring working day

Gareth Halfacree · 15th Aug 2008, 17:34

My new day job uses it, as a matter of fact - a way of giving outsiders an insight into the company culture, or some such marketing shpiel.

mikeuk2004 · 15th Aug 2008, 17:35

Never heard of it untill now and dont really get it

Anakha · 15th Aug 2008, 18:03

Here in Canada, on Rogers, I don't have to pay for incoming SMSs. I do have to pay $0.15 a pop to send, however.

Oh, and Twitter doesn't work sending to Rogers SMS, the text messages never reach my phone. Though sending a text to 21212 posts on Twitter just fine.

And, stupidly, using the mobile twitter WAP interface from Rogers won't allow you to send tweets. I get "Web: No connection" when trying to post from my S60 Nokia (Though I can browse the twitter site just fine).

-EVRE- · 16th Aug 2008, 07:40

back when analog service was the only service around .. that was back in 1997.... we still had a better calling plan for cost per minute.. the mobile phone companies are raping us over the coals for service.

SMS should be nearly free, the current networks are more than capable of handling the traffic across them in my area.

at present with Verizon it costs $.20 to send or receive a text message, also it costs $1.99 per mb of traffic.. O.O well.. I wonder how many txt messages can be sent inside of 1mb. Also for $60 a month you can have mobile web that actually has decent speeds, of about 50k a second and has a cap of 5gb of transfer a month.

Do the math 5gb for $60 or 1kb for $.20 its Bull $417 and the phone companies know it.

Cadillac Ferd · 17th Aug 2008, 00:27

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

it also surprises me that Americans pay for the sms they receive.... that is weird and strange.

Everything relating to mobile phones in the US is designed to make you hate your life, paying for unsolicited messages from companies and people you don't know or ever want to hear from is only the tip of the iceberg.

Xir · 18th Aug 2008, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Hex

...and provide you with amusement during the boring working day

So like MIRC untill that went out of fashion ;-)
Cant have been any good, after all, 't was free!

Errr, if I remember correctly, SMS usage developed very different in the US and Europe.
US had (rather) cheap cellphone charges, so people called and didn't bother to use SMS. (which is why motorola phones were pisspoor at SMS for a long time)
Europe had very high cellphone charges and SMS was for free, so people started breaking their fingers...and it became a habit.
(now 1 min Talking is about the cost of one SMS, so it's not really economical anymore)

I franakly prefer SMS for many reasons, mostly beeing able to think before you're required to answer.

If I'd have to pay for people SMSing me, I'd have it disabled though.

Hex · 18th Aug 2008, 13:42

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Originally Posted by Xir

So like MIRC untill that went out of fashion ;-)

You mean IRC, not mIRC

and some of us are still on IRC every day

Xir · 19th Aug 2008, 12:59

You're right of course. mIRC is just a Programm to use IRC...and play IRC-battle-tetris :-D

15th Aug 2008, 12:58	#1
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15th Aug 2008, 13:19	#3
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15th Aug 2008, 14:43	#8
Hex Stealth Mod Moderator Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 2,326	I recently switched over to Plurk instead, the Twitter Fail Whale was driving me nuts. I much prefer the way you can have threaded conversations with Plurk and I don't need to see replies to messages I don't care about. I should add I've never bothered with the Twitter SMS service. It's easier for me to load the mobile page, I couldn't get TwitterBerry to work properly. __________________ AC:WW 3522 5778 7750 \| AC:CF 0946 7230 4233 \| GH:III (Wii) 3651 8959 1118 \| xboxlive \| Twitter "What's your function in life?" Last edited by Hex; 15th Aug 2008 at 14:56.

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15th Aug 2008, 13:18	#2
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15th Aug 2008, 15:25	#12
Hex Stealth Mod Moderator Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 2,326	The Twitter website explains it best. It's basically a micro-blogging service. You know those status updates on FaceBook and MySpace? Well it's pretty much that, but it's been going a lot longer and is surprisingly popular. I know a lot of people poo-hoo it as they don't care what anyone else is doing, but when you have a group of friends who all use one of these services it can be very useful and provide you with amusement during the boring working day __________________ AC:WW 3522 5778 7750 \| AC:CF 0946 7230 4233 \| GH:III (Wii) 3651 8959 1118 \| xboxlive \| Twitter "What's your function in life?"

15th Aug 2008, 17:34	#13
Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 434	My new day job uses it, as a matter of fact - a way of giving outsiders an insight into the company culture, or some such marketing shpiel. __________________ gareth.halfacree.co.uk \| twitter! bit-tech news correspondent

15th Aug 2008, 17:35	#14
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15th Aug 2008, 18:03	#15
Anakha Supermodder Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Regina, SK, Canada Eh! Posts: 395	Here in Canada, on Rogers, I don't have to pay for incoming SMSs. I do have to pay $0.15 a pop to send, however. Oh, and Twitter doesn't work sending to Rogers SMS, the text messages never reach my phone. Though sending a text to 21212 posts on Twitter just fine. And, stupidly, using the mobile twitter WAP interface from Rogers won't allow you to send tweets. I get "Web: No connection" when trying to post from my S60 Nokia (Though I can browse the twitter site just fine). __________________ Robert "Anakha" Johnston Going to Canada on Nov 28th! I'm going home!

16th Aug 2008, 07:40	#16
-EVRE- Supermodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Idaho U.S.A Posts: 343	back when analog service was the only service around .. that was back in 1997.... we still had a better calling plan for cost per minute.. the mobile phone companies are raping us over the coals for service. SMS should be nearly free, the current networks are more than capable of handling the traffic across them in my area. at present with Verizon it costs $.20 to send or receive a text message, also it costs $1.99 per mb of traffic.. O.O well.. I wonder how many txt messages can be sent inside of 1mb. Also for $60 a month you can have mobile web that actually has decent speeds, of about 50k a second and has a cap of 5gb of transfer a month. Do the math 5gb for $60 or 1kb for $.20 its Bull $417 and the phone companies know it. __________________ (Phenom II 940)(Foxcon A7DA)(8gb OCZ DDR2 800 )(8800gt aka hair dryer)(Big yellow case, CPU, GPU)(Enermax Liberty 500w)(lite-on DVD-RW w/LightScribe)(Seagate 300gb sata)(Seagate 320gb x2)(WD 200gb)(Dell 3007WFP 30"LCD, 19" Samsung, Acer 1280x720 projector)

19th Aug 2008, 12:59	#20
Xir Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 529	You're right of course. mIRC is just a Programm to use IRC...and play IRC-battle-tetris :-D __________________ SN25P A64 3700+ (San Diego) 2 GB DDR400 OCZ Platinum EL 2-3-2-5 1T X1800XT 512mb Sapphire 200GB Samsung SP2004C