>> That's interesting. Both Verizon and Sprint have disabled SMS
>>> completely when I requested it. Why can't T-Mobile?
>> Maybe it has to do with the way GSM works. You didn't mention AT&T
>> Wireless or Cingular. SMS is part of the GSM spec. I don't know if
>> that's the case with CDMA.
Isaiah Beard wrote:
It is, but can be inhibited if need be. I have to say, SMS seems to
> be GSM's achilles' heel. A lot of signalling functions on GSM appear
> to be handled by thinly vieled SMS messages, stuff that would be
> handled on a more formal level in CDMA through the paging channel.
Are there on-line specs for GSM and/or CDMA ?
I'm willing to bet that T-Mobile is unwilling to fully disable SMS on
> an account because in many markets, they still use it for voicemail
> and other notifications.
Do they send the voicemail 'digitally compressed' [eg. simulated] ?
What is the average bits/sec which they need ?
Thanks for any info.
Chris Glur