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Is Twitter charging for SMS alerts to NSW, Australia? I'm confused as to whether they are charging there or not...

I know they mentioned other countries were being cut out, but I want to know if SMS alerts are available for free in the Newcastle, NSW Australia area. I don't want to turn it on and find out there are a bunch of charges later on.

Can someone help?

Couple of issues with Direct messages :(

1. Mobile updates is activated (even reset it just for fun)
2. I use twitterfox to view tweets (but no IM's)
3. This has been an ongoing thing since I joined a looong time ago (Pre 2008)
4. I use 21212 code and a Telus (mobility) client, Lg 8600 Chocolate Flip (but had a motorola before May 08)

-> I don't receive all my direct messages, skips a few

-> Messages received that are split up, I only get the 2/2 part, which 98% of the time is the "reply to d" only part of the message. And it's not split up by my phone since it's formatted different in the twitter msgs than my other texts.

I just recently found out that with Telus, outgoing messages split after 134 characters. So with the extra characters of "direct from username [...] reply with 'd username hi'" that are on top of the 140 characters.

It's like being told someone wants to tell you something.. but you gotta wait til you get home and on the computer to hear it.. Which defeats the purpose of being mobile..

Setting up Twitter on on my cell. Have read posts & no help. Using Verizon. Need clear , concise set up steps. Explanation on site insufficient. Dial the # listed? or Text it? If dialed, exactly how does one dial "+"? and then enter the letter code? or the number code frequetl referenced in the help questions?

Far, far too confusing to way too many people Please improve the instructions provided on the site.

I need to get this set up as I am getting ready to leave on a long, remote trip.

Theabroma

I have been trying to set up my cell phone for weeks now. I ensured that the signature was turned off so that I was only texting the verification code (in small caps even) to 40404. I have Sprint and so does my brother and he has had no problems with his. What am I doing wrong?