Texting 300 on 2Degrees Appears Not to Work

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jmosen

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#38805 4-Aug-2009 15:52

Subject line says it all. Anyone else confirm? And if so, can 2Degrees comment on whether they intend to offer this?

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#242447 4-Aug-2009 15:55

Maybe when they launch?

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#242450 4-Aug-2009 15:58

Their network is live now. SIM's are available from stores and you can make calls!

Not sure how much more "live" you can get!

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#242456 4-Aug-2009 16:01

Whats 300 ?

ahmad

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#242459 4-Aug-2009 16:04

Can you make calls? Oh I thought it went live tomorrow?

So what's with the launch date 5 August then??

walt12

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#242460 4-Aug-2009 16:06

I successfully texted with my new sim today, havent tried a voice call yet ... so I guess its live.

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#242461 4-Aug-2009 16:07

What exactly is texting 300?

jmosen

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#242466 4-Aug-2009 16:08

On the other networks, you can text a mobile number free to 300 and get a text back letting you know if that number's on the same network as you.

And yes the network is well and truly live, have been using it all afternoon.

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#242470 4-Aug-2009 16:16

When I text my Telecom mobile number to 300 with my VF mobile the answer I get back is "027XXXXXXX is not currently an active on our network"

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jmosen

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#242489 4-Aug-2009 16:33

Correct. And it's that service which 2Degrees is presently not offering.

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#242525 4-Aug-2009 17:26

walt12: I successfully texted with my new sim today, havent tried a voice call yet ... so I guess its live.

Yes voice calls do work as I have rung my home phone number and my Vodafone number and both calls did go through but interestingly I have my home phone through 2talks voip service and at the moment I cant ring my 022 number off that so might have to email 2talk if that is still the case tomorrow when I get home from work.

MISguru

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#243414 6-Aug-2009 11:55

Saw something on their site (or was it Facebook?) that they were working on txt2park. I guess all these things take time and you have to launch some time eh!?! Rather have calls and SMS cos mostly use them.