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GO Transit updates via SMS
January 25, 2011
7:32 am
Pete7383
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Hello,

Is anyone receiving the GO Transit updates via SMS? I tried to sign up but SO is not one of the listed carriers. Instead I chose Rogers since we are technically piggybacking on their network. No luck as I never got the confirmation text from GO to confirm.

Guess SO customers are SOL?

January 25, 2011
1:14 pm
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Not getting them either. However, I would assume that they might not have the system up and running yet. Not sure ast to what carrier you are with would affect your ability to receive texts?

January 26, 2011
7:19 am
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I believe the system is up and running. A friend with Fido was able to sign up and got the confirmation text in minutes. You have to reply to the confirmation text to be fully setup.

I can't even get the confirmation text so no updates. Good to hear it's not just me.

January 26, 2011
9:02 am
andreww
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From the Go Transit site...

Note: Certain phone carriers (e.g. Wind Mobile, Public Mobile, Mobilicity) are not included in our list as they do not have the functionality to support text-messages to/from a “short-code” (e.g. 839846). Unfortunately, customers of these phone carriers will not be able to subscribe/register for E-News text messages until the carriers update their networks.

January 26, 2011
12:02 pm
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Short codes are not supported by SpeakOut. It's the FAQ on the main site.

January 27, 2011
7:18 am
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iamdrumming said:

Short codes are not supported by SpeakOut. It's the FAQ on the main site.


Thats why I posted it.

January 27, 2011
12:11 pm
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I know you posted about the info from the GO Transit site, and I posted info that's found on the official SpeakOut site