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07624 UK number being charged at international rates by 3.
It appears that the UK number is allocated to Manx Telecom, based in the Isle of Man. As this is not a part of the UK (being a crown protectorate)some operators view these numbers as being international. This is very misleading as Twitter displays it with the +44 prefix, indicating it is a local number, leading to a very nasty surprise on the bill. Further info is available here: http://tinyurl.com/38sfb2. I think you should offer an alternative number to users on affected networks.
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Inappropriate?T Mobile in the UK are doing the same. I pay 5p per normal sms, and I'm charged 20p for an sms to twitter.
It would be great if twitter had a UK number so I don't have to pay so much.
I’m thinking I should twitter less
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Inappropriate?Hello. Just posting a link to a related thread. -
Inappropriate?This problem has been discussed extensively in the thread Why does twitter lie about sms charges?.
The real problem is that the Isle of Man uses the same +44... international code as the UK - whilst practically all UK phone companies treat the Isle of Man as being overseas.
A month ago, I proposed a solution in the above thread.
I'd really like the UK, and Germany, and other countries too, each to have their own Twitter short numbers for SMS - but I guess that solution is still too expensive for Twitter.
I’m hoping I could help - just a little...
