Comcast Text Messaging

meagain

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Feb 7, 2012, 3:56:25 PM2/7/12

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I see "Comcast Text Messaging" on their home page
but I cannot figure out how to use/activate/describe it.

Has Anyone here tried it?

Allodoxaphobia

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Feb 7, 2012, 4:27:39 PM2/7/12

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heh... I believe you just did. I see a message from you in text.

Jonesy

Tom

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Feb 7, 2012, 6:02:53 PM2/7/12

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yes it works good dont have a cell phone so it comes in handy with grandkids

Katelyn

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Feb 8, 2012, 5:31:58 AM2/8/12

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I believe that you need either an Android smartphone or one of those
iPad / iPhone thingies. Then you need to install the Xfinity Mobile App
on it.

I have the Xfinity Mobile App running on an HTC Inspire and it works
quite well.

meagain

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Feb 8, 2012, 1:07:40 PM2/8/12

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Tom wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:56:25 -0500, meagain wrote:
>>> I see "Comcast Text Messaging" on their home page
>>> but I cannot figure out how to use/activate/describe it.
>>>
>>> Has Anyone here tried it?

>

> yes it works good dont have a cell phone so it comes in handy with grandkids

That's exactly my situation, so how do you do it?

Henry

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Feb 8, 2012, 1:58:16 PM2/8/12

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You can text message from your computer to any phone using the full ten digit
phone number and the phone's company. Here are some examples:

12345...@txt.att.net
12345...@vmobl.com
12345...@tmomail.net
12345...@myboostmobile.com
12345...@messaging.sprintpcs.com
12345...@messaging.nextel.com
12345...@mymetropcs.com
12345...@message.alltel.com
12345...@questmp.com

Enjoy

Henry

Henry

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Feb 8, 2012, 2:03:58 PM2/8/12

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Henry wrote:

> You can text message from your computer to any phone using the full ten
> digit phone number and the phone's company. Here are some examples:
>
> 12345...@txt.att.net
> 12345...@vmobl.com
> 12345...@tmomail.net
> 12345...@myboostmobile.com
> 12345...@messaging.sprintpcs.com
> 12345...@messaging.nextel.com
> 12345...@mymetropcs.com
> 12345...@message.alltel.com
> 12345...@questmp.com
>
> Enjoy
>
> Henry
>
>

I should have added Verizon:

12345...@vtex.com

Katelyn

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Feb 8, 2012, 5:38:58 PM2/8/12

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After you sign in to read your email, scroll down to the texting area at
the bottom of the page.

Frank

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Feb 8, 2012, 6:02:55 PM2/8/12

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Interesting thread.

I have a Tracfone which I seldom use and have never texted with it.
Tracfone does not have its own service and in testing found I could send
a message from email to myself using:

12345...@cingularme.com

I think since Tracfone piggybacks best local service, my address could
change depending where I'm at.

QN

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Feb 9, 2012, 12:51:19 AM2/9/12

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I get text messages on my Verizon phone that are spams. It costs me 20
cents each.

Cheeseball

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Feb 9, 2012, 5:36:38 AM2/9/12

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On 2/9/2012 12:51 AM, QN wrote:
> I get text messages on my Verizon phone that are spams. It costs me 20
> cents each.
>
>

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger! We are bombarded with unwanted spam ads
too.

Frank

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Feb 9, 2012, 9:34:23 AM2/9/12

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On 2/9/2012 12:51 AM, QN wrote:

> I get text messages on my Verizon phone that are spams. It costs me 20
> cents each.
>
>

I pay too - in fractions of minutes.

Thought about putting phone on do not call list but spammers are doing
it on my home lines even though they are on the DNC list.

Worst are the junk faxes which cost me ink and paper.
A lot of these a-holes are outside the country where US cannot touch them.

Also in thread, I found two other services that took my email to myself.
Educational exercise for something I will never use ;)

Allodoxaphobia

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Feb 9, 2012, 11:28:04 AM2/9/12

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With T-Mobile (at least) you can change your default
01234...@comcast.net text message email addy to something else.
It's not easy to find in their bazillion levels of web pages, but I did
it for my phone several years ago (and many T-Mobile web site 'updates'
ago). No text spam since.

HTH
Jonesy

meagain

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Feb 9, 2012, 5:07:58 PM2/9/12

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Katelyn wrote:
> On 2/8/2012 1:07 PM, meagain wrote:
>> Tom wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:56:25 -0500, meagain wrote:
>>>>> I see "Comcast Text Messaging" on their home page
>>>>> but I cannot figure out how to use/activate/describe it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has Anyone here tried it?
>>
>>>

>>> yes it works good don't have a cell phone so it comes in handy with
>>> grand-kids

>>
>> That's exactly my situation, so how do you do it?
>
> After you sign in to read your email, scroll down to the texting area at the bottom
> of the page.

Thanks for the answer!

Jerry Slaff

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Feb 9, 2012, 8:51:46 PM2/9/12

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Actually it's vtext.com.

Jerry

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Jerry Slaff
Rockville, Md.

Frank

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Feb 10, 2012, 6:47:07 PM2/10/12

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I don't see a texting area. Is that because I don't have their phone?

Barry Margolin

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Feb 11, 2012, 12:25:51 AM2/11/12

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In article <jh4a9r$ark$2...@dont-email.me>,

Yes. Comcast text messaging is part of the phone service.

--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA

Frank

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Feb 11, 2012, 8:24:07 AM2/11/12

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On Feb 11, 12:25 am, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <jh4a9r$ar...@dont-email.me>,

> Arlington, MA- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks. I was also concerned that it had to do with the way I had my
mail configured. This clears it up.

I seldom use Comcast mail site except when on business computer and
looking for inadvertently held spam and much prefer Thunderbird as my
mail client.

meagain

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Feb 11, 2012, 9:00:11 AM2/11/12

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Frank wrote:
> On Feb 11, 12:25 am, Barry Margolin<bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

...

>>
>> Yes. Comcast text messaging is part of the phone service.
>>
>> --
>> Barry Margolin
>> Arlington, MA- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks. I was also concerned that it had to do with the way I had my
> mail configured. This clears it up.
>
> I seldom use Comcast mail site except when on business computer and
> looking for inadvertently held spam and much prefer Thunderbird as my
> mail client.

It works! And you can see "conversations": yousaid - theysaid.

Primordialooze

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Feb 16, 2012, 12:26:42 PM2/16/12

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Got this today.

XFINITY Voice Unlimited customers: Now you can use your home phone number to
text on your mobile device. With Text Messaging from XFINITY you won't have
to pay for an expensive texting plan from your wireless provider.

Simply use your iPadŽ, iPod TouchŽ, iPhoneŽ, or AndroidT device to send and
receive texts. Or text right from your PC using XFINITY Connect. You can
even speak a message into the XFINITYT Mobile app and have it translated
into a text.

To activate this feature, download the XFINITYT Mobile app or go to XFINITY
Connect today-it's available to XFINITY Voice Unlimited customers at no
additional cost.

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meagain

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Feb 16, 2012, 6:24:31 PM2/16/12

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I can use it even tho I do not have a cellphone to send text messages to my children.

nobody

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Feb 17, 2012, 5:27:12 AM2/17/12

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"meagain" <rick0....@gmail.com> wrote in message news:jhk37g$aep$1...@dont-email.me...

If you have a touch tone phone, you could use it to send morse code.
.-.. --- .-..

meagain

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Feb 17, 2012, 2:06:46 PM2/17/12

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LOL!

nmhf...@gmail.com

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Mar 18, 2020, 8:47:15 AM3/18/20

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type in the actual numbers of cell phone
celln...@vtext.com that is verizons