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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/phones@lemmy.sdf.org

My phone carrier gives me a use-it-or-lose-it monthly allowance of 1000 #SMS txts within #Belgium. I only use ~50 or so. Any ideas on how I can use them and be less wasteful?

I’m not really looking for a big project. Just numbers that give free services. E.g. there are probably numbers I can SMS and get back the weather. Or even better, I would love to be able to SMS a Belgian phone number that would forward my SMS to an international number. Not sure if gateways like that exist.

If I were looking for a project, I could probably sell a SMS service. So for example I could proxy SMS messages for people outside of Belgium for a fee. It would be interesting but more effort than I want.

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[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

It might be technically more wasteful, to try to fill the quota just because.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have unlimited SMS, and think you should just carry on with what you’re doing now. It’s not a waste.

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