Re: Receiving Breaking News Via Text
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<franzen_torres@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Does anyone know how I go about receiving breaking news from the
>Philippines through my Globe GSM cell phone with international roaming
>turned on? I am in the US and the SIM card in the phone is from the
>Philippines. For example, the local INQ7 Inquirer newspaper in Manila
>is offering a subscription service whereby they send you a text message
>with the latest news developments 3 times a day for 2.50 pesos per day.
>To subscribe I'm supposed to text "ON BREAKING NEWS" to the number
>2207.
>
>However, I''m in the US and when I text to "2207" I get an error
>message saying "undeliverable". So how should I format the number -
>should it be +63+2207? or 011+63+2207? or 011+63+917+2207? I've tried
>all these combinations but they don't seem to work.
>
>Any help with this or any other similar news service would be very much
>appreciated. Thanks much.
You should be able to send to 2207 without any prefixes. I have sent
to similar 4-digit numbers while roaming overseas and it has worked
fine. The Inquirer has a similar service for getting news headlines on
demand. To receive that you send INQ7 NEWS to 2333. Does that work for
you?
Chris
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