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([personal profile] gothwalk Jan. 16th, 2003 09:30 am)
Talk about stating the obvious. Slashdot reports that SMS are unreliable. Dude. It took how long to realise that?

From: [identity profile] cheerfulcynic.livejournal.com


About 2 weeks while they waited for the SMS...

From: [identity profile] bardiphouka.livejournal.com


my experience is that the figures quoted are optimistic. Although I have never even tried to send sms from my cellphone (thank the gods for AIM)

From: [identity profile] cheerfulcynic.livejournal.com


Actually, I love SMS - much handier/more inobtrusive than bellowing into a phone on the bus. It is also cheaper when you're roaming to just send SMSs. The best way to use it is in conjunction with return receipts and validity periods so that out of date messages expire - these functions weren't really around on early phones.

However, I wouldn't use it for pager replacement for network management for example.

From: [identity profile] bardiphouka.livejournal.com

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I have T-Mobile,which comes with AIM. In that my sons have aim (one in Cincinnati and one in Columbus)and her lovely self has it in Scotland,it pretty much takes care of my needs.
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