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SMS over GPRS?
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Posted by: jetracer

I was playing around with the settings and I noticed that under Control Panel>Messanging Accounts> SMS there is a field where u can specify whether u want GSM or GPRS, does that mean I can send SMS's over GPRS?

My plan does not have any included SMS's so I'm charged per SMS ( 10 cents each....cingular sucks! ). If I can send SMS's over my GPRS connection then I can save some $, right?

How big ( in bytes ) is a typical ( one or two lines ) SMS ?

Can soneone please post some information on this subject?

Thanks!

oh BTW, I'm with Cingular (

) in LA.

Posted by: FrozenStar

Yes, you can send SMS messages over GPRS. Whether it will save you money or not is entirely dependent on your plan. 7-bit text mode SMS packets are 160 bytes in length. So with a 1MB data plan, you could send 6250 SMS messages.

Posted by: jetracer

Very Cool!

I tried to send a SMS after changing the SMS setting to GPRS and I got a failed message. I can brouse the web using GPRS no problem.

Are there any other settings that I have to change in order to send SMS's thru GPRS?

Thanks!