PPD TEXT MSG Alerts – SMS Messages to your mobile phone
October 3, 2008 by S. D. White
The Portsmouth Police Department is offering “TXT MSG ALERTS” to our citizens!
These messages will be sent to your mobile phone via standard text message through your mobile service providers SMS Gateway.
There is no cost to you for this service from the Portsmouth Police Department, but your service provider’s standard rate plan for messaging will apply. Please check with your service provider for more details on text messaging.
The information sent via text message will be limited to announcements of new articles placed on the website. There are plans to expand the system to include neighborhood alerts as well.
Please note this SMS Alert service is supplied for your convenience. Due to the reliance on external network providers, we cannot guarantee the timeliness, relevance or accuracy of data provided. Also note, that the content of an SMS Alert does not constitute a recommendation and use of such content is the sole responsibility of the user.
By submitting this form, you are stating you understand this service is provided free of charge by the Portsmouth Police Department, but that your mobile telephone service provider may charge you for Short Message System messages (text messages) delivered to your telephone handset. You may cancel your subscription at any time by calling 757-235-5707 or emailing swhite@portsmouthva.gov and letting us know you wish to be removed from the list.
Your wireless service provider has an email gateway for SMS messages. Your wireless mobile telephone handset has an email address.
For example: Verizon: ##########@vtext.com, or nTelos: ##########@pcs.ntelos.com
Check with your wireless provider for the correct SMS Gateway address to use for your telephone.
SEE BELOW FOR A PARTIAL LIST OF SMS GATEWAY ADDRESSES
PLEASE NOTE: The email address that you receive these text messages from is NOT set up to receive messages. Do not send messages to this address!!!
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| Provider | E-mail to SMS address format |
|---|---|
| 3 River Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@sms.3rivers.net |
| Advantage Communications | xxxxxxxxx@advantagepaging.com |
| AirVoice | xxxxxxxxx@mmode.com |
| Airtouch Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@airtouch.net |
| Airtouch Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@airtouchpaging.com |
| Airtouch Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@alphapage.airtouch.com |
| Airtouch Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@myairmail.com |
| AllTel | xxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com |
| Alltel PCS | xxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com |
| Alltel | xxxxxxxxx@alltelmessage.com |
| Ameritech Paging | xxxxxxxxx@pageapi.com |
| Arch Pagers (PageNet) | xxxxxxxxx@archwireless.net |
| AT&T | xxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net |
| Arch Pagers (PageNet) | xxxxxxxxx@epage.arch.com |
| Bell South (Blackberry) | xxxxxxxxx@bellsouthtips.com |
| Bell South Mobility | xxxxxxxxx@blsdcs.net |
| Bell South | xxxxxxxxx@blsdcs.net |
| Bell South | xxxxxxxxx@sms.bellsouth.com |
| Bell South | xxxxxxxxx@wireless.bellsouth.com |
| Bluegrass Cellular | xxxxxxxxx@sms.bluecell.com |
| Boost Mobile | xxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com |
| Boost | xxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com |
| CallPlus | xxxxxxxxx@mmode.com |
| Carolina Mobile Communications | xxxxxxxxx@cmcpaging.com |
| Cellular One East Coast | xxxxxxxxx@phone.cellone.net |
| Cellular One PCS | xxxxxxxxx@paging.cellone-sf.com |
| Cellular One South West | xxxxxxxxx@swmsg.com |
| Cellular One West | xxxxxxxxx@mycellone.com |
| Cellular One | xxxxxxxxx@message.cellone-sf.com |
| Cellular One | xxxxxxxxx@mobile.celloneusa.com |
| Cellular One | xxxxxxxxx@sbcemail.com |
| Cellular South | xxxxxxxxx@csouth1.com |
| Central Vermont Communications | xxxxxxxxx@cvcpaging.com |
| CenturyTel | xxxxxxxxx@messaging.centurytel.net |
| Cingular (GSM) | xxxxxxxxx@cingularme.com |
| Cingular (TDMA) | xxxxxxxxx@mmode.com |
| Cingular Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@mobile.mycingular.net |
| Cingular | xxxxxxxxx@cingularme.com |
| Communication Specialists | xxxxxxx@pageme.comspeco.net |
| Cook Paging | xxxxxxxxx@cookmail.com |
| Corr Wireless Communications | xxxxxxxxx@corrwireless.net |
| Dobson Communications Corporation | xxxxxxxxx@mobile.dobson.net |
| Dobson-Alex Wireless / Dobson-Cellular One |
xxxxxxxxx@mobile.cellularone.com |
| Edge Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@sms.edgewireless.com |
| GCS Paging | xxxxxxxxx@webpager.us |
| GTE | xxxxxxxxx@gte.pagegate.net |
| GTE | xxxxxxxxx@messagealert.com |
| Galaxy Corporation | xxxxxxxxx@sendabeep.net |
| GrayLink / Porta-Phone | xxxxxxxxx@epage.porta-phone.com |
| Houston Cellular | xxxxxxxxx@text.houstoncellular.net |
| Inland Cellular Telephone | xxxxxxxxx@inlandlink.com |
| JSM Tele-Page | xxxxxxxxx@jsmtel.com |
| Lauttamus Communication | xxxxxxxxx@e-page.net |
| MCI Phone | xxxxxxxxx@mci.com |
| MCI | xxxxxxxxx@pagemci.com |
| Metro PCS | xxxxxxxxx@metropcs.sms.us |
| Metro PCS | xxxxxxxxx@mymetropcs.com |
| MetroPCS | xxxxxxxxx@mymetropcs.com |
| Metrocall 2-way | xxxxxxxxx@my2way.com |
| Metrocall | xxxxxxxxx@page.metrocall.com |
| Midwest Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@clearlydigital.com |
| Mobilecom PA | xxxxxxxxx@page.mobilcom.net |
| Mobilfone | xxxxxxxxx@page.mobilfone.com |
| Morris Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@beepone.net |
| NPI Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@npiwireless.com |
| Nextel | xxxxxxxxx@messaging.nextel.com |
| Nextel | xxxxxxxxx@page.nextel.com |
| Ntelos | xxxxxxxxx@pcs.ntelos.com |
| Omnipoint | xxxxxxxxx@omnipoint.com |
| Omnipoint | xxxxxxxxx@omnipointpcs.com |
| OnlineBeep | xxxxxxxxx@onlinebeep.net |
| PCS One | xxxxxxxxx@pcsone.net |
| Pacific Bell | xxxxxxxxx@pacbellpcs.net |
| PageMart | xxxxxxxxx@pagemart.net |
| PageOne NorthWest | xxxxxxxxx@page1nw.com |
| Pioneer / Enid Cellular | xxxxxxxxx@msg.pioneerenidcellular.com |
| Price Communications | xxxxxxxxx@mobilecell1se.com |
| ProPage | xxxxxxxxx@page.propage.net |
| Public Service Cellular | xxxxxxxxx@sms.pscel.com |
| Qualcomm | name@pager.qualcomm.com |
| Qwest | xxxxxxxxx@qwestmp.com |
| RAM Page | xxxxxxxxx@ram-page.com |
| ST Paging | pin@page.stpaging.com |
| Safaricom | xxxxxxxxx@safaricomsms.com |
| Satelindo GSM | xxxxxxxxx@satelindogsm.com |
| Satellink | xxxxxxxxx.pageme@satellink.net |
| Simple Freedom | xxxxxxxxx@text.simplefreedom.net |
| Skytel Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@email.skytel.com |
| Skytel Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@skytel.com |
| Smart Telecom | xxxxxxxxx@mysmart.mymobile.ph |
| Southern LINC | xxxxxxxxx@page.southernlinc.com |
| Southwestern Bell | xxxxxxxxx@email.swbw.com |
| Sprint PCS | xxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com |
| Sprint | xxxxxxxxx@sprintpaging.com |
| SunCom | xxxxxxxxx@tms.suncom.com |
| Surewest Communications | xxxxxxxxx@mobile.surewest.com |
| T-Mobile | xxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net |
| TIM | xxxxxxxxx@timnet.com |
| TSR Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@alphame.com |
| TSR Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@beep.com |
| Teletouch | xxxxxxxxx@pageme.teletouch.com |
| Telus | xxxxxxxxx@msg.telus.com |
| The Indiana Paging Co | xxxx@pager.tdspager.com |
| Triton | xxxxxxxxx@tms.suncom.com |
| US Cellular | xxxxxxxxx@email.uscc.net |
| USA Mobility | xxxxxxxxx@mobilecomm.net |
| Unicel | xxxxxxxxx@utext.com |
| Verizon PCS | xxxxxxxxx@myvzw.com |
| Verizon Pagers | xxxxxxxxx@myairmail.com |
| Verizon | xxxxxxxxx@vtext.com |
| Virgin Mobile | xxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com |
| Virgin Mobile | xxxxxxxxx@vxtras.com |
| WebLink Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@pagemart.net |
| West Central Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@sms.wcc.net |
| Western Wireless | xxxxxxxxx@cellularonewest.com |
| Wyndtell | xxxxxxxxx@wyndtell.com |
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