Hooch wrote:
> On Jul 28, 11:12 pm, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
> <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hooch wrote:
>>> All of a sudden today I had several text messages from someone in
>>> Sweden come through on my landline (from 07953 966066). Is this
>>> 18185's system (who I've recently started sending texts through)?
>>> Because the texts weren't in English and were being read as if they
>>> were, none of them was decipherable! To add to the confusion,
>>> several other texts from the same person came through normally to
>>> my mobile.
>>
>> 07953 966066 is the T-Mobile message centre number (also used by
>> virtuals such as M&S, Fresh and Virgin).
>>
>> They come through as voice even on SMS enabled phones as they use a
>> different message centre to that used by the others (including
>> cable) who use the BT Text service.
>
> Presumably one would have to register/ sign up for such a service
> first?

No.

Same as you don't sign up on your mobile to receive standard SMS texts.


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