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To: Eric L who wrote (9143)	2/8/2001 10:32:25 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: Updates (Unofficial) on AT&T Wireless 2-Way SMS - Availability & Rates The Nokia 8260 ($1999) is featured at the AWS website with 2-Way Text messaging http://attwireless/ AT&T 2-Way Text Messaging service description and demo accessed from link above. * Nov 11 2000 - AT&T 2-Way SMS Up AT&T released 2-way SMS as a standard piece of their text messaging service. This is available free until 2/2001, probably as a way of getting you hooked on it. After that, it's either free for 250 in/0 out, or $4.99 for 500 in/out, with any in/out messages charged at $0.10 each. Since AT&T used to offer unlimited inbound text messaging, that kind of stinks if you aren't interested in 2-way. For this reason, * Oct 4, 2000 AT&T's 2-Way SMS Delayed AT&T was planning on rolling out their 2-way Short Message Service (which lets you generate messages from your 2-way-SMS-enabled phone, currently only the Nokia 6160m and 8260), but the name they chose for the service ("AirScript") is apparently copyrighted by someone else, so they have to hastily rename the service and reprint all the propaganda. Regardless, the service is available in a lot of AT&T's coverage areas, and it works -- free, for now, until the official rollout. No word yet on when that will be. Source: Cellular News - Archives avempire.org - Eric -

To: Eric L who wrote (9143)	2/8/2001 10:54:43 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Yes, USA is still one SMS message behind the hurdle, as well as a heaps of used battery eating analog phones and missing basestations for the cocktailparty :) But a good try on "history". Ilmarinen P.S. Amazing that somebody forgot a 2 in 2*pi in designing the analog power amplifier, but more amazing than sending SMS messages after 16 billion already sent, must be that martini mix and maybe too few olives. Btw, even GSM at 900 and 1800 has different max tx power as the 1800Mhz grid of basestations must be denser, 1800Mhz doesn't bend around corners,etc as well as 900Mhz, not to forget how well 400Mhz analog and especially 80-100Mhz FM radio, terrestrial TV does it. (that is, a question of designing networks)