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Twitter kills Canadian SMS updates. Can the U.S. be far behind?
VentureBeat —
... The quiet killing of this feature (made on the Twitter Status blog rather than the main Twitter blog), is due to “unexpected changes in our [Twitter's] billing,” according to the post. The arrangement Twitter had negotiated with Canadian mobile carriers to send users text updates for tweets (Twitter messages) has apparently seen costs double multiple times over the past several months. ...
Twitter: Sorry Canada, No SMS Updates For You
Mashable! —
... Twitter has just pulled the plug on outbound SMS for Canadian users. According to the Twitter status blog, “We can’t afford to support this service given our current arrangement with our providers (where costs have been doubling for the past several months.) As a result, effective today we are no longer delivering outbound SMS over our Canadian shortcode (21212).” ...
Twitter Says Bye Bye SMS to Canadians; Jeremy Wright Loses It
CenterNetworks —
... Twitter has announced that as of their post time, there will be no more outbound SMS messages delivered to Twitter users in the country of Canada. This follows similar shutdowns in the UK this past summer. The Twitter blog notes, "We can’t afford to support this service given our current arrangement with our providers (where costs have been doubling for the past several months.)" ...
Twitter Drops Canada SMS Support
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... Twitter is pulling the plug on SMS service for Canadian users, the company has announced. Outbound text messages will be discontinued in Canada as of Wednesday. ...
Twitter: No more outbound texts for Canada
Webware.com —
... "There is a realistic, scalable SMS solution for Canada (and the rest of the world)," a post on Twitter's blog read. "We're working on that and will post more details on the Twitter blog as we make progress." ...
SMS fees impacting Twitter feature
Between the Lines —
... for rejecting an offer from Facebook. One reason I noted was that Twitter’s SMS text feature makes alerts from twittering (tweeting?) news outlets such as ZDNet even more valuable. Now, that feature seems headed for the history books as wireless carriers impose fee hikes on sites like Twitter that send outbound SMS messages. Today, Twitter said it was discontinuing outbound SMS service in Canada, where the company has been hit with a billing change. Users can continue to send tweets via SMS - but forget about receiving them. It can’t be long before the same thing happens in ...
Twitter Shuts Down SMS in Canada
Technologizer —
... in August. Canadians will still be able to send Tweets to the Canadian shortcode (21212), but “unexpected changes in our billing” caused the company to stop outgoing texts. It claims costs have doubled over the past two months to continue providing the service.“There is a realistic, scalable SMS solution for Canada (and the rest of the world.) We’re working on that and will post more details on the Twitter blog as we make progress,” the company said in a post it its status blog . It is unclear what this means to the future of Twitter SMS here in the US, although the company ...
Twitter drops SMS service in Canada
Mobility Site —
... There is a realistic, scalable SMS solution for Canada (and the rest of the world.) We’re working on that and will post more details on the Twitter blog as we make progress
My guess (knowing Canadian carriers) is that they sent a WHOMPING bill to Twitter. They just don’t seem to get the fact that by making "tweeting" accessible and unrestricted they are promoting the need for more expensive texting add-ons. /shrug
Source: twitter status
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Twitter kills Canadian SMS updates. Can the U.S. be far behind?
textually.org —
Twitter is ending outbound SMS updates in Canada. In their own words:
Unexpected changes in our billing have forced us into a difficult situation with our Canadian SMS service. We cant afford to support this service given our current arrangement with our providers (where costs have been doubling for the past several months.) As a result, effective today we are no longer delivering outbound SMS over our Canadian shortcode (21212).
According to Venture Beat, now the U.S. and India remain as the only countries with full SMS ...
Twitter deja de enviar SMS a usuarios de Canadá
Celularis —
Mientras sigue buscando su modelo de negocios, y al igual que hace un tiempo, cuando anunció que dejaba de enviar SMS con las actualizaciones de los usuarios del Reino Unido y Australia, Twitter anunció que ya no tendrá disponible el servicio de envío de mensajes de texto para los usuarios de Canadá.
Cada vez más cerca de los Estados Unidos!… ¿Que pasará si llegan a suspender ese servicio en USA?
“Cambios inesperados en nuestra facturación nos han forzado a una ...
Twitter = EPIC FAIL in Canada
Boy Genius Report —
What a sad, sad past few days. Twitter has officially screwed Canadians where it hurts the most: in the Twitter. No more SMS Tweet updates. Should Michael, the lone Canadian staff member at BGR hang himself now or merely trudge forward in what is now a very bleak life? Is he seriously expected to sit at his computer and hit refresh or wait one minute for TwitterBerry to retrieve updates and tell him what his friends are up to? How else is he going to know that BG has put out an APB for his driver who was on a mission to get him a Starbucks Iced Caramel ...
Bell Brings SMS Twittering Back to Canada
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Using twitter the old-fashioned SMS way in Canada was getting a tad pricey for the owners, so back in November, they axed outbound tweets by SMS. Luckily, Bell has reintroduced the service, albeit with a 15 cent charge per text tacked on. In the last year, twitter has seen a 900% growth rate - a staggering amount by any means. I wonder though, with increasing adoption in data-capable smartphones, will twitter-by-SMS eventually become outdated, and the 140-character limit simply stay as a relic of the good ol’ days? From a consumer perspective, it’s cheaper to ...
