[Merged] NTL & SMS - Page 2

Nemesis · 03-11-2004, 13:05

The panasonic DECT phones support a third party SMS feature ... this recently changed to be the BT Text service. You need to sign up with them and then you can send and receive SMS messages to your phone.

There is nothing that NTL need to do ..

I have some instructions on how to change the Panasonic phones to subscribe to the new service ... I'll post them

Nemesis · 05-11-2004, 09:02

SMS update from Panasonic

Pieman · 17-11-2004, 13:17

We habe the Philips Onis Vox 300 phones at home - will work with SMS but obvioulsy needs to be set up......would be useful sometimes......

17-12-2004, 02:56

so i can send sms via my ntl phone? just ordered one, not for that purpose, but did a search my old fav site came up

and i think i get caller ID in my region, hatfield, herts?

21-12-2004, 22:51

okay, well i have caller id and the new phones are working fine, now onto SMS. So can i send them via the ntl network? I would think not, but i got a bit confused as some other folk said they could, if so, how do you do it

bob_builder · 22-12-2004, 10:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by bontrager

okay, well i have caller id and the new phones are working fine, now onto SMS. So can i send them via the ntl network? I would think not, but i got a bit confused as some other folk said they could, if so, how do you do it

I beleive the way landline SMS works is that there is a message centre number programmed into your SMS phones. When you send an SMS the phone dials the message centre and transfers the message - BT charge 10p per call to this number.
AFAIK, for it to work on NTL all they have to do is allow your phone to call the BT message centre (which they may or may not) and then charge you for that call (I do not know how much).

There is nothing more technically difficult than that so there is no real reason why it should not work on NTL (receiving SMS to the phone as text is a different matter).

Nemesis seemed to be suggesting that Panasonic SMS phones were fully working on NTL, above.

22-12-2004, 19:31

yep, thanks

I have a panasonic phone and it has the updated details already provided by nemisis, but i cant send or receive txts. ah well, im not that fussed if i cant.

bob_builder · 23-12-2004, 10:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by bontrager

yep, thanks

I have a panasonic phone and it has the updated details already provided by nemisis, but i cant send or receive txts. ah well, im not that fussed if i cant.

Nemesis, can you help bontrager out here?

Nemesis · 23-12-2004, 15:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by bontrager

yep, thanks

I have a panasonic phone and it has the updated details already provided by nemisis, but i cant send or receive txts. ah well, im not that fussed if i cant.

TBH I've not tried it properly yey, If I get it working I'll post how to

bob_builder · 23-12-2004, 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nemesis

TBH I've not tried it properly yey, If I get it working I'll post how to

Thanks Nemesis

23-12-2004, 20:22

yep thanks! I was messing about with it the other day and the phone rang and it was a computerised voice saying "hi" which was my test text message! but any text sent just comes back to me and no proper text txt. ah well, its nice having caller id and being able to ignore my yabbering friend when he calls up drunk

01-01-2005, 12:46

well i can get txt messages from my orange phone, but not from my virgin phone! but its something, i have tried sending, but as yet neither have arrived

will keep peope updated as im sure this will start applying to more people as they get sms phones

dave_herts · 01-01-2005, 22:09

I have just tried texting from my orange pay as you go phone to my NTL Landline and got the message in voice from the BT SMS System.

I dont have an SMS phone, but have caller display.

BT have a web page which explains the service and under the FAQ section gives the required settings for various phones. I would be interested to hear if anyone can get this to work to send SMS's.

The Web page is http://www.bt.com/bttext

03-01-2005, 11:10

well none of my texts from the phone ever arrived, but its receiving the ones from orange okay.

so thats handy, i can get texts from certain providers and i cant send anything

saying that, i was kinda expecting nothing to work!

susie r · 03-01-2005, 12:36

I have an ntl cordless dect phone (VS200), and on ntl line........not got caller I.D, on new years day someone accidently sent a text to the land line, the phone rang & we got the text message in an automated voice, which sounded very strange!!! Never realised you could do this!!!