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John Rumm wrote:
On 02/03/2016 14:48, wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
Whilst I'm confident the school service is OK, I don't know who the
caller is until accepting the message. What concerns me is accepting
something that is not from the school, and somehow being conned. Is
that possible?

Not really.

Just give the school a mobile number to send the SMS message to...

Why should one have to give them a mobile number to send the SMS
message to? Our landline receives SMS texts perfectly OK and works
much better than a mobile as mobile coverage at our house is decidedly
flakey.

Depends on how much you like getting the SMS robot on the landline I
suppose... ;-)

My dentist used to give a ring the day before an appointment to remind /
confirm. At some point they switched to automating it via SMS. Problem
is I normally book more than one family member at a time to cut down the
number of trips etc. That meant I would get woken up by an early morning
robot informing me of an appointment. Followed every 3 mins or so by
further calls for each additional appointment! It was far preferable to
have them arrive at my mobile, on my desk downstairs where I could look
at them later!

No different from receiving them on our landline. Our landline is SMS
capable, send it an SMS and it *doesn't* ring, it does the same sort
of thing as a mobile, a very soft single tinkle.`

I agree the robot is a bit of a pain but it's not the only way a
landline can receive SMS.

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Chris Green
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