TEXT MESSAGING ADD-ONS
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CANADIAN TEXT MESSAGING ADD-ONS
Text without an add-on and pay only 15¢ per message. Or, start sending text messages for less than one cent each!1 by subscribing to a Text Messaging add-on below.
Picture/Video Messages
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INTERNATIONAL TEXT MESSAGING ADD-ONS
Stay in touch with friends and family in the U.S or overseas by sending text messages from Canada for as little as 3¢1 by subscribing to an International Text Messaging Plan below. Send a text message to the U.S. or overseas from Canada without a plan and pay only 25¢ per message sent.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: RATE CHANGE FOR PAY-PER-USE INTERNATIONAL TEXT MESSAGES
Effective May 4th, 2010, the rate for pay-per-use text messages sent from Canada to another country (other than the United States) will change to $0.35/message plus applicable taxes (previously $0.25/message). All other aspects of your wireless service will remain the same. The rate for text messages to the United States will remain at $0.25/message plus applicable taxes. International Text Messaging add-ons are not affected by the rate change noted above
Top 5 Premium Text Alerts1
Twitter- Tweet, follow others, update your profile and more using text messaging.
Skill2Thrill- Receive weekly trivia alerts to enter various contests in order to win prizes.
MyLuv Crush- Users receive daily flirting tips.
Facebook- Send a message, post to a friend's Wall, add a friend and more using text messaging
SMS Game On- Participate in trivia games for the chance to win prizes. Text GAME to 33233
How to opt-in to a Premium Text Messaging program:
1. Send a text message with the required phrase to a premium content short code that you see advertised on TV, radio or online (for example, text the phrase ABC to the short code 12345).
2. A free administration message will be sent to you containing the price, frequency of messaging and a website address for more information.
3. You will usually need to reply to this message to finalize the subscription service (i.e. most services ask you to reply YES to subscribe).
Check out examples for SMS Game On
How to opt-out of a Premium Text Messaging program:
A mobile subscription can be cancelled at anytime by simply texting the word STOP to the program's short code.
Example:
To: 42222
Message: STOP
Other Helpful info:
Look for premium text charges in the wireless usage summary section of your Rogers Wireless invoice. Some premium text programs will also include a support number. By calling this support number you will get direct access to the content provider for this service as well as receive prompt answers to your questions and verification of charges
Mobile Giving:
Mobile phones now make it easier than ever to give to those less fortunate by sending a simple text message. Charities such as Jays Care and Red Cross have set up unique keywords and text short codes that you can use to send a text donation. There are no service fees to use this service and 100% of your donation will go directly to the charity. Learn more about supported charities
Send and receive email via text messaging
1. Your phone's e-mail address is your 10digitphonenumber@pcs.rogers.com 2. You will receive a 'Message Alert' when an e-mail is sent to your phone.
3. Simply reply "read" to the Message alert if you want to receive the message, or reply "block" to the
Message alert to block the sender from sending you future messages1. E-mail to Text Service
Commands are simple and easy to use using the reply option on your phone, view a list of commands
to interact with the E-mail to Text service.
- Receive the first 160 characters of each message automatically. If the message is over 160 characters, you must reply MORE to be sent more of the message.
- Create your own e-mail address (eg. youralias@pcs.rogers.com). Availability is on a first come, first serve basis
- Spam control blocks unwanted e-mail messages2
You can also subscribe to the $5 Email to Text Direct Delivery Option. With this add-on, Message Alerts will no longer be sent to you when you subscribe to this feature and you will automatically receive messages including messages greater than 160 characters. All other features will remain the same.
Use one of the following Commands to reply to the initial alert message:
| Command | Short Forms | Description | |
| Read | R | Reads or gets the next part of the message | |
| Block | B | Adds the sender to your "deny" list (spam control*) | |
Use the following commands to interact with received messages:
| Command | Short Forms | Description | |
| Read | R | Reads or gets the next part of the message | |
| Block | B | Adds the sender to your "deny" list (spam control*) | |
| Forward email@addr.com | F | Forward the entire e-mail message (including attachments) to another e-mail address | |
| Forward addr1; addr2; addr... | F | Forward the entire e-mail message to a list of e-mail addresses (separate addresses with semicolons) | |
| Get cc | Gcc, G cc | Retrieves the cc list on a received message | |
| Any other text | Replying with any other text will send that text back to the original sender as a reply to the sender's email | ||
Use these commands to manage your service.
Just send a command as a text message to "0000000000". (10 zeros)
| Command | Description | |
| Subscribe | Turns the E-Mail to Text service on | |
| unSubscribe | Turns the E-Mail to Text service off | |
| Alias name | Defines your alias (e.g. name@pcs.rogers.com) | |
| Name your name | Defines a familiar name (e.g. "John Smith"), in addition to the e-mail alias, for outbound e-mails from your phone | |
| number off | Turns alerts off for e-mail sent to number@pcs.rogers.com. Note: You must define an alias in order to use this command! | |
| number on | Turns alerts for number@pcs.rogers.comback on | |
| cc on | All replies will be sent to all addresses in the 'To' and 'cc' fields of the original received e-mail | |
| cc off | Turns carbon copy reply off | |
| Allow email@addr.com | Add a sender to the "allow" list, removing that sender from the "deny" list if necessary. (spam control*) | |
| Allow domain.com | Add any address from a domain to the "allow" list (any user@domain.com) | |
| Block email@addr.com |
Add a sender to the "deny" list, removing that sender from the "allow" list if necessary. (spam control*) | |
| Block domain.com | Add any address from a domain to the "deny" list (any user@domain.com) | |
| Francais | Request service in French | |
| Help | Returns a list of help topics | |
| Help command | Returns help for using a specific command | |
Need to discreetly tell your parents that you'll be home late? Rogers Wireless new TXT 2 Landline feature gives you the capability to send a text message to any landline phone.
How To:
Just type a text message from your wireless phone and enter the 10 digit phone number in the 'TO' field as you would with a regular text message.
The recipient's phone will ring and when it is answered your text message will be automatically read to them (can be in French or English). If the recipient does not answer the phone your text message will be stored as voicemail. (Recipient must have a voicemail service on their landline.) Recipients can also reply to the text message and leave a message for you.
After sending a TXT 2 Landline message you will receive a confirmation text message letting you know how your message was received and if the recipient left a voice response message for you.
Language setting:
Change your language preference by sending a text message to 2525 with E (English) or F (French).
Costs
- Each TXT 2 Landline message sent costs only 15¢, plus your standard messaging rate.
- Send text messages to any land line in Canada and the continental USA!! **
When you can use TXT 2 Landline
- To text message friends & family who are away from their wireless phone.
- When travelling to keep in touch with friends and family at home.
