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Truely free SMS - anywhere in the world (GIZMOSMS)
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liquidboy
63 months, 6 days, 19 hours agoGizmo SMS now allows users to send SMS messages from any web browser, for free. Users must go to the project website, enter a mobile number, select the country of the number, type a message, and click send.
#1 - By danielgayo, 63 months, 6 days, 17 hours ago.
The fine print: Receiver may incur charges depending on their carrier and plan.
Besides this, a test message sent to Spain didn't arrived :( #2 - By liquidboy, 63 months, 6 days, 16 hours ago.
didnt see that one.... i admit im not a fine print reader..
#3 - By L1Wulf, 62 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 6 hours ago.
That fine print is pretty much standard cover-your-ass disclaimer.
While I realize the USA /= the world, I can't imagine standard cell phone plans differ much in this regard. If I am sending an SMS from my cell phone to another cell phone, one SMS is deducted from my personal phone plan and one is deducted from the recipient's cell phone plan. if the recipient is over their monthly allowed, they are charged for the message. This charge depends on their carrier and, often, their policy. That is, if I'm paying for 5000 SMS per month, anything past that point is likely just a US cent or two, but if I have a 100 SMS plan, each extra is likely 10 cents or more (thus, an incentive to subscribe to bigger, pricer plans up front). I would actually applaud gizmosms for making it pretty plain and obvious for people who don't realize that this may be the case, rather than hiding it on a separate legal disclaimer page. With all of that being said, here's a little constructive criticism--liquidboy, if you're going to submit your own blog entries with short write-ups on services, at least link to the actual service in your blog. What is the purpose of clicking through from coRank, to your blog just to have to search for the service anyway? | |
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