Full FeedBlock pestering SMS messages with AT&T
Just because you’re living la vida digital shouldn’t mean that all your digital hassles have to follow you wherever you go, like a stray dog or (worse yet) Rupert Pupkin, Jerry Lewis’ deranged fan in Martin Scorsese’s “King of Comedy.” Text-message spam is merely a 21st-century example of the annoying telemarketer who majored in Bad Timing.
Cell phone carrier services are slowly waking up to the idea of allowing customers to block unwanted messages as well as calls from ex-boyfriends-turned-stalkers and needy relatives. AT&T is rolling out its blocking capabilities, although you have to do some drilling down to activate the service, according to Uneasy Silence. The options are buried on their website and take some digging to find. But they are there and it is a good first start for AT&T. More options are rumored to be coming.
Not on AT&T? Check with your service to find out if they are offering blocking services for text messages that come to your phone via email on the internet, or if/when they can provide phone-to-phone SMS blocking (a service that is taking a little longer because of court challenges by advertisers and free speech advocates). Also find out if selective blocking of phone numbers is offered.
Read [Uneasy Silence]
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AT&T;cellphones are giving the drastic services to their customers. One of my friend told to me if you not interested to receive the message from any particular cellphone then block that number in our mobile.
on June 20, 2008 at 01:57 AM - LINKThe text I most want to block comes from “Free AT&T” - a neverending stream of drivel about cool things I can get and by the way, in case I don’t own a calendar, I should know that I can go online and look at my bill. I have all marketing preferences set off. I used to get some of this garbage on my email and some via text, but changed the email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and now get all of it via text… AT&T seems smart enough to know that my email doesn’t work, but too stupid (or likely indifferent) to realize I just don’t want this s**t.
on June 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM - LINK