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Welcome to the BT Text Service on your BT Glide.
The service is provided by BT. Your BT Glide can
send and receive text messages from participating
mobile networks and compatible landline
telephones in the UK.
The fixed line Text service is provided under BT’s
terms and conditions for telephone service. These
can be found by visiting the BT.com website at:
http://www.bt.com/terms/tor.htm
Subscribe to the text messaging service
When you send your first text message from your
BT Glide you will automatically be registered for
the service.
On receipt of your first text through the service, the
system will send you a welcome text message back.
You may also register by sending the word
‘Register’ to 00000 upon which you will receive a
confirmation message.
Introduction to fixed line text messaging, including
details of where to find more information on the
web at http://www.bt.com/terms/tor.htm
Cost of the fixed line service
There is no subscription charge (other than the
subscription to Caller Display). Visit the BT website
(www.bt.com) to find out how much it costs to send
a text message (depends upon your call package).
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If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0870 605 8047
IMPORTANT
You must subscribe to your
Network Provider’s Caller
Display service so that you can
use text messaging. A quarterly
fee may be payable, please
contact your network provider
for more details.
When you are using text
messaging you must not
withhold your telephone
number or the service will not
allow you to connect.
Messages to non-compatible
phones
You may also send messages to
landline phones that are NOT
TEXT compatible. Messages to
non-compatible lines will be
connected to voice text and
delivered in spoken words to
the telephone as a call. Please
note that the conversion can
translate common
abbreviations and emoticons
etc, but to ensure maximum
clarity of message delivery,
abbreviations etc should be
used sparingly.
WARNING
The text feature will not work
properly if you have more than
one text product connected to
your telephone line. You will
need to disconnect one text
product.