Comments on: Twitter starts to limit outbound SMS in UK

By: Updated: Twitter users on Vodafone UK reporting “no escape” from the firehose of Tweets

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:57:38 +0000

[...] Twitter ended it’s service sending Text messages to users in August 2008 after a year of throttling the service down, many users cried fowl. Free incoming SMS had been available almost since launch [...]

By: Twitter re-launches SMS in the UK - But only if you’re on Vodafone

Twitter re-launches SMS in the UK - But only if you’re on Vodafone — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:29:48 +0000

[...] cut the ability to get your Twitter feed last August after starting to throttle the service down in November 2007. At the time co-founder Biz Stone said that: “Even with a limit of 250 messages received per [...]

By: Twitter in the Isle of Man | Wcx

Twitter in the Isle of Man | Wcx — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:28:21 +0000

[...] Excerpt from Article: http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/twitter-starts-to-limit-outbound-sms-in-uk/ [...]

By: beatnic - just wondering » Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 3 - Twitter tracking

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:12:59 +0000

[...] standard text-message rate – watch out if you’re with 3 or T-mobile, according to this article on TechCrunch uk: Note also that the 07624 in Twitter’s number (+44 762 4801423) means it is actually billed as [...]

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T2T006: The Facts About Wikipedia | Tiger Two Tiger Podcast — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:29:56 +0000

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By: It’s Oh So Quiet « Marc Hibbins

It’s Oh So Quiet « Marc Hibbins — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:11:18 +0000

[...] Twitter introduced a limit of 250 international device updates per month last November, I could deal with it – I myself not [...]

By: On Twitter « Andrew Whitehouse’s Weblog

On Twitter « Andrew Whitehouse’s Weblog — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:58:58 +0000

[...] I started by trying out the BBC News feed provided by http://twitterfeed.com. Twitter limits you to 250 messages per week in the UK, and I wonder how long it will be before it starts trying to squeeze more revenue out of [...]

By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Zygo might be the UK’s Twitter, but with revenues

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:26:49 +0000

[...] for the privilege, at least in the UK where it has to pay for sent texts. Recently Twitter has started to limit the amount of inbound SMS in the UK to 250 texts per user per week, no doubt after being stunned by British addiction to [...]

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:08:21 +0000

You can send news/status by SMS but read them via WAP. See
http://geosms.linkstore.ru

By: Twitter limits outbound SMS in UK

Twitter limits outbound SMS in UK — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:49:46 +0000

[...] the TechCrunch, the problem is that unlike in U.S., people in UK don’t pay a penny for receiving SMS, making [...]

By: Gary Reid

Gary Reid — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:31:23 +0000

4p for mobile terminated messages seems pricey, I can’t imagine we use anywhere near as much as Twitter and we pay 2.8 pence net.

I guess it’s time for an ugly business model for the Twitter folk.

By: Sean McGoldrick

Sean McGoldrick — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:29:24 +0000

I only just signed up for Twitter today. I like the idea of blogging from my mobile phone which is how I see it at the moment. To send an SMS from Ireland to Twitter seems reasonable enough. I think it was around 15c for the one I sent today. We send to the UK number as well.

I suppose in the long-term it would be necessary to charge for receiving messages as well. I’m still new so I don’t know; is there a way to select which of the people you are following that you can receive SMS from and which you just view on the web?

By: Justin Davies

Justin Davies — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:29:55 +0000

Wow, is this deja vu or what, wasn’t this exactly what we were talking about in the worst cafe in Berlin before the flight Mike!? The Twitter business model works brilliantly in the US, but not in “other” countries where the SMS messages are mobile originated (sender picks up the bill) as opposed to mobile terminated (receiver picks up the bill)

By: Tom Martin

Tom Martin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:12:15 +0000

It seems that capping the limit to 250 will only hurt the power users who are likely to be twitter’s “best customers”.

I love when I read national on the web, then realise it’s referring to something US only, yippe.

oxford link appears dead btw

By: George Black

George Black — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:06:49 +0000

Sorry, I’m Phuser obsessed, I meant Twitter!

By: George Black

George Black — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:06:10 +0000

Any idea how Phuser plan to make revenue in the long run? Presumably limiting UK SMS is only stemming some holes in the sieve and not a long term solution to having a viable business!

I love your picture for this post, Mike, what exactly are you saying?

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:20:41 +0000

I’m confused. Maybe I’m missing something, but when I inadvertently got Tweets coming to my UK mobile phone, I was charged for them. (I turned that off pretty quick).