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Longtime readers will know that I have various little projects involving computer mediated SMS. For instance, when the hitherto free appointment reminder service I used to remind patients of their appointments moved to an exorbitant fee structure, I ported the number to Twilio and wrote my own ( Read more... )

Early last month, I ordered a port of my landline phone number out of Verizon and into Sfax. Last week I was notified that it had gone through. Today I called Verizon to make sure that my account with them was closed. I authenticated to the automated system, and it said it was, but I wanted to talk to a human to confirm that I didn't need to do ( Read more... )

Now would be an excellent time to short stock in Tracfone (actually América Móvil).

I have been trying to give them money for two weeks now, and it has gradually becoming clear, something is going very, very, very wrong with the computers on their end. The computers which back the web site, the customer service agents' desktop systems, the credit ( Read more... )

SendHub is retiring their free accounts on Sept 12.I never used them for voice, and their pricing is based on their improved voice service, which I don't use, and awfully high (I'm eligible for the $15/mo plan) for what I do use, so I'm moving elsewhere for my text msg reminder services ( Read more... )

I signed up for a fresh landline in my home for my business fax machine. I did this in December (last month). I got a welcome letter dated 12/27/12 from Verizon, saying "Enjoy your new service", and itemizing the options I had signed up for, and rates I'd be charged for them ( Read more... )