 | View Full Version : Calling on Australian hosts who receive SMS alerts to their mobile phone from the USA Aussie Bob 07-09-2002, 07:26 PM The title kind of says it all. :) Can I receive an SMS message from my American based server monitoring company [alertra.com] to my Australian mobile phone?? Rochen 07-09-2002, 09:04 PM Why not email alertra.com and ask? ;) Lats 07-09-2002, 09:08 PM Or, check out the test feature at http://www.alertra.com/feature6. Lats... Aussie Bob 07-09-2002, 10:17 PM ahhh :cartman: thanks. I have contacted them and they claim that they can, but all the tests I've run won't send anything through. So was just looking for some personal experiences from Aussies around these parts.. :) Lats 07-09-2002, 10:48 PM Just tried the SMS test. Received the following within 5 seconds (impressive!) Message from Alertra: TEST Device is down, Device is not responding. Not having finger trouble on that test page are you Bob :) Number I used was 614128888 (not my number). Lats... JTY 07-09-2002, 11:27 PM Do you have SMS on your phone? Techark 07-09-2002, 11:40 PM It works for me, are you entering the 0 in front of your number? Strip out the leading zero's Aussie Bob 07-10-2002, 12:13 AM Ok :blush: I'm a complete doofus. :buck: I didn't remove the "0" from my mobile phone number. I tested and yep, it came through as quick as a flash. :) :beer: shaunewing 07-10-2002, 12:30 AM It works fine from here using Vodafone... but as you already figured out it works for you too :) --Shaun |