From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 22 12:21:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5950A37B6A9; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:21:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.255.97.81]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20010122202127.TOUU10171.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:21:27 +0000 Received: (from scott@localhost) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA02650; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:20:53 GMT (envelope-from scott) Message-ID: <20010122202052.17979@localhost> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:20:52 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Brad Knowles , Dag-Erling Smorgrav , "Daniel O'Connor" Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Kris Kennaway , "Michael C . Wu" Subject: Re: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Brad Knowles on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 12:42:29PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 12:42:29PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > Nevertheless, the practical result is that, at least in Belgium, > you can only use the SMS gateway provided to you by your GSM carrier. In what way is that a problem? Surely the issue is being able to *send* an SMS to numbers on another network. In the UK at least, all of the GSM carriers will deliver SMS to any UK GSM number and (for most networks and service plans) any overseas GSM number. AFAIK, no network here will let subscribers from another network send SMS through their SMSC -- hardly surprising, as they provide the SMSC for the benefit of their own customers, not those on competitor networks. Think ISPs and SMTP relays; the principle is the same. Perhaps in Belgium you can only SMS people on your own network (analogous to only being able to email people who use the same ISP as you)? I agree that would suck. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message