text messaging between carriers

Not all the time. I know between Cingular and AT&T you can send each other in TDMA phones but I don't know if it works from let's say a GSM phone to a TDMA or viceversa.

 

see my reply in the "General Discussion" thread that was posted

 

<< My friend has Voicestream service, and from her phone she can send a text message to my phone. Only reason im wondering is because she has Voicestream service, and I have Verizon. Can all carriers send text messages to each other? >>

In this market (Louisville KY), my VS and VZ phones can SMS back and forth (entering phone number only)

 

Bobolito, I am with Cingular (800 TDMA/AMPS) in the Milwaukee market. I was in Seattle 2 weeks ago and in NYC last week.

In both cities I was roaming with ATTWS. I COULD NOT SEND OR RECEIVE SMS IN EITHER CITY!!!!!!!!!

Have you had SMS send/receive problems with Cingular??

I called Cingular tech support and they said they cannot guarantee SMS send/receive outside of the home coverage area.

It's funny, I can send and receive SMS while in Wausau, WI and Iron Mountain, MI (roaming on CellOne Dobson) but I cannot in NYC and Seattle.

That's pathetic!!!!!!!!

All the carriers want SMS to take off because it is another source of revenue, but in the USA/North America I do not think this will ever happen because it is so unrelieable.

Hman

 

Voicestream's text messaging is very reliable. You can messages to anywhere and from anywhere, that includes overseas too. Voicestream uses the very successful technology which is used overseas, called GSM. All of the messages that I send go through. Their messages are instant too, 1-2 seconds. With Voicestream, I have been able to send messages to every provider, except Nextel, but that's only because I have never tried to send to Nextel. I have also been able to send messages when I am roaming (not in my home area). Most of the time I'm not roaming anyways though, because Voicestream has the biggest GSM network in the U.S. Voicestream is also the fastest growing GSM provider in the world, starting only in 1994.

 

Verizon can to anyone I think, most of my friends have Cingular....and we text message each other all the time (CDMA to TDMA). Verizon to Verizon here is instantaneous!

 

Can anyone send from Suncom to Voicestream or to Verizon ?

A friend just got Suncom and SMS never gets to my phones

Also tried adding prefixes 1 then +1 w no success

 

Okay Aiwa, commercial time is over

 

No commercial, strictly facts.

 

Voicestream will send to Nextel.. It does not always go through, like when you send it to other carriers. Also some carriers will make you send the message as an email.. And no all carriers won't work in all areas, the network may not be set up to do it yet. AT&T has general maps that let you know where it does not work. Voicestream will work anywhere on the Network.

 

I have Verizon and when i'm Roaming I send SMS to my friend on Cingular and it was instantaneous.

 

Cingular will send to Nextel also....

 

I can send messages from Verizon to Alltel.

 

One thing isn't quite clear to me--to send SMS messages between carriers, you have to send it as email, right?

If so, then what are the email addresses for the various carriers?

I have Voicestream, so I think I can be reached at (mynumber)@voicestream.net, and now too @tmomail.net.

But I do not know what email suffixes to use for other carriers.

 

You can send to most providers by just the number. However, some providers only receive text messages from customers from other provider by email. Here is the email address to most of the providers:
AT&T = number@mobile.att.net
Verizon = number@vtext.com
Sprint PCS = number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Cingular = varies by area, check their website
Voicestream = number@voicestream.net (or soon to be, might be working now = number@tmomail.net)

 

To add to the above list, for Alltel you can send to the number.

Scott

 

If you send SMS to a phone from another carrier by just using the phone number, the provider converts it to an email automatically so they are doing the job for you. Of course, this only works if the provider has configured their computers to identify which carrier the number belongs to in order to assign the correct email suffix.

Why tmomail.net?...LOL..that sounds like a typo...hehe...wouldn't it make more sense to use tmobile.net? Whoever came up with that name is a joker...hehe.

 

The gateways usually reconfigure the "email" so that it looks like it came from a phone number and not an email address.

BTW, for Nextel, the email addresses are
phonenumber@page.nextel.com for one-way messaging customers
phonenumber.twoway@messaging.nextel.com for two-way messaging customers (the .twoway is optional)

Don't ask me why Nextel does that, they just do...

-SC

 

Voicestream and Cingular SMS both ways with just the number...just tested it today.