Originally Posted by
tentseller
Just to confirm my reading:
- SMS sent to your ported in number at VoIP.ms will be sent to your email. When you reply to that email, it will be sent as an SMS to the original sender.
- To send an SMS you do so in a VoIP.ms web page, but the receiver of that SMS has to be in your VoIP.ms address book.
Thanks in Advance.
I need to have SMS service at my Canadian and US number.
As others have stated, you can just type in a number to send an SMS. But if someone has already sent you a text, the sms.voip.ms webpage opens up a threaded view and you can just reply much like you would be able to from your phone's native messaging app, with no need to type in a number or have a contact in your address book.
If you have a more technical inclination, voip.ms now supports SMS SIP, so you could you can tinker with the settings and try and get an app like Bria configured to receive calls and texts.
I would still not rely on voip.ms for heavy text use because of its limitations around things like short codes and group/MMS messages.