Mobilealert
Mobilealert has a bright and colourful Web site which allows you to send SMS messages from their Web or receive SMS from e-mail sent to yourmobilenumber@mobilealert.com.au. An excellent feature of this site is that you can SMS direct from the front page. All you have to do is put in your mobile number, your password, the recipient's mobile number, and the message.
On the down side, it took over 24hrs to get the SMS with the password to enable us to activate the account.
Each new account receives 1500 points for free and 500 points each day you log in.
Sending an SMS from the Web interface costs 200 points, while scheduled messages and e-mail to SMS messages cost 250 points each. You can earn extra points by clicking on advertising links (+50) and signing up friends (+500). The maximum number of points a user is allowed to accrue is supposed to be 2000, though at time of writing, we have 2500 point in our account.
Many of the details of the points system were gleaned from the "ongoing" page two, which is a little hard to find. This could be greatly clarified to make it simpler for new users (and it is a frequent question in the message board.)
The site has a great message board but the SysAdmin only seems to have been active on it for only the first few months up to 15 October 1999. There is still a lot of useful information in there and people do answer questions, but the interface is bland and there is no way to search.
Generally, this is an excellent site but the delivery speed may be the problem.
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