I just switched my wireless phone provider to AT&T wireless. I’ve been using Sprint for the longest of time and was very unsatisfied with the service. I transferred my old phone number. The entire process took 5 days to complete. When the process was complete I recieved an SMS message indicating that the mobile number transfer was complete.
I get very good reception with AT&T at my house. I get horrible reception at my house for Cingular, T-mobile, and Sprint. But for some strange reason the reception for AT&T’s new gsm network is very strong. This is somewhat interesting because I know that Cingular, and T-mobile are also both GSM. I know that T-mobile and Cingular share the same network in the southern California area, but apparently AT&T uses a different network. Interesting.
AT&T provides free incoming SMS messages, so I can forward all my e-mails to my phone. One of the many benefits of hosting your own e-mail services is you have complete control. You can do anything you want.
There are a lot of limitations in the SMS protocol. SMS is not reliable. A lot of messages are delayed and some messages are completely lost. The SMS messages are also very short, so most of the e-mails are truncated. Despite the limitation it is good to have ready access to e-mail everywhere I go.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine — originally posted on woojae.com (“Where Nerds Meet”).