Hello Maurice!

22 Oct 14 08:05, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

 MK> If I understand SMS correctly, it is limited to 160 7-bit characters which
 MK> means the message I am replying to wouldn't have made the cut, even
 MK> without the header which pretty well much is what makes a FTN message as
 MK> opposed to an ordinary text message.

 As far as I know oversized SMS messages flow into a next messages when the
 160 size is exceeded. Many fido messages are within 1K, so some 6 SMS
 messages will do, it does not sound cheap or efficient.

 But in countries, where there was a poor POTS infrastucture, the jump that
 was made by the rollout of GSM (cellphone) it may make sence. Now that
 at least GPRS is available, using SMS as a transport is plain silly.

Kees

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