This post was so interesting for me when I created it, that I had to definitely translate it into English. Here it goes.
Sometimes someone from outside the USA wants to communicate with someone else in the USA. The person living in the USA may have a cellphone with unlimited text messaging plan included. Every cellphone company has an extension like an E-Mail address for the text messages.
The list that I compiled for Houston was the following:
Alltel @message.alltel.com
AT&T @txt.att.net or @mms.att.net
Boost Mobile @myboostmobile.com
Cricket @sms.mycricket.com or @mms.mycricket.com
Nextel @messaging.nextel.com
SprintPCS @messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile @tmomail.net
Verizon @vtext.com
Virgin Mobile @vmobl.com
The idea is pretty simple:
The person outside the USA sends an E-Mail message to the phone number followed by the proper extension, for example, if the number is 7131234567 and the cellphone company is Cricket, the E-Mail message would need to be sent to ("7131234567@sms.mycricket.com") without the parenthesis or quotation marks. The person sending it would save on the cost of sending a text message internationally and the cost of sending the text message itself, if any is applicable.
The important part is that that the person receiving the message has also unlimited text messaging on the cellphone plan, so that there is no charge at all on both sides.
Another interesting point: Instead of calling, send a text message, so that the communication has no static or background noise and, at the same time, there is proof that both persons "talked", since there is an E-Mail message with the text, date and content of the "conversation".
One last point: During a hurricane that hit Houston, I was able to send and receive text messages, even without a bar on the cellphone, but was completely unable to make or receive a call at all.
Regards,
F. Bobbio C.
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