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Originally Posted by sportman

so no EMS on omnia either? **** my life i need to stop using WM i guess

SMS = SHORT Message Service

By definition a text message longer than 160 characters is no longer short. WM will only accept SMS. By definition.

I used to get spillover EMS with only a few characters in the 2nd message. The carriers had a lot to do with setting this standard up. That 2nd message took up very little bandwidth, but they could charge full message price for it. Or to put it another way, it was a way to bump your message count over your limit.

Some prolific texters only got about half of their intended contract texts before surcharges kicked in. It wasn't only speed texting that led to all the word contractions in SMS. I still remember wiring (sending telegrams).

There might have been an option on my earlier dumb and smart phones (LG mostly) to prohibit sending EMS. And there was an option not to read the 2nd half (I think).

Even today I find myself eying the character count and either editing down to 160 or switching to email. No, I'm not one of those who live for texting. I limit mine to 500/mo. I'm not usually in an environment that necessitates it.

Edit: Sombody's sig said: "Post less, say more". Good sig

Ted