Texting Experiment

[whiskeryron]

Because we have no mobile reception I have discovered that our BT cordless phones appear to have the facility to text messages. I have recently tried this & it seems to work, however I have no way of knowing if the text message actually went & whether the recipient received it. Is there a way that I can check this ?

[Zacs-Master]

Send a message to your (or a,close,friend's) mobile.

[whiskeryron]

Have sent one to daughter in Manchester but no reply, hence my query.

[Buenchico]

If your phone can send texts then it can presumably receive them too.

Text the name of any railway station (such as 'Cambridge') or just it's 3-letter code, if you know it, (such as 'CBG') to 84950. A few seconds afterwards you should get a text back, listing the next train departures from that station.

[whiskeryron]

did that Chris, result = sending text then aborted.

[Buenchico]

Hmmm. I'm wondering whether that's because the text that's sent back is charged to your phone account. (It's only a few pence). Perhaps there's no mechanism for charging a landline account, so 84950 is a 'banned number' from your phone? (That train-checking service is definitely working; I've just tried it).

[whiskeryron]

Thanks for trying Chris, it seems that experiment failed.

[Tuvok]

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8510/~/all-about-bt-text

[whiskeryron]

Cheers Tuvok

[ukbod2015]

I am amazed there are still parts of this country that can't get a mobile signal. To confirm yes the 85 series of BT phones can send texts I did it when I was first setting it up.