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From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ongoing infrastructure changes with AI in the USA
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:18:19 -0500
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On 11/19/2024 11:25 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:54:28 -0600, "Jay E. Morris"
> <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/18/2024 2:26 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> "Jay E. Morris" <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> writes:
>>>> On 11/18/2024 10:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:16:12 -0600, "Jay E. Morris"
>>>>> <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/17/2024 10:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>> But the last time I tried it, all I got was a number I was graciously
>>>>>>> allowed to send text messages to. Of course, if you happen to have a
>>>>>>> phone that can send text messages, that's just as good in that you may
>>>>>>> find yourself working with a human being. Unless it just leads you to
>>>>>>> the chat tree used online, of course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can use email to text but you'd have to send to each of the carriers
>>>>>> interface addresses.
>>>>>
>>>>> Email disappeared as an option decades ago. Which is too bad, it
>>>>> worked quite well once I figured out that:
>>>> I was talking about an email to text message interface. For example if
>>>> you send email to 5551234567@txt.att.net (substituting my number of
>>>> course) it will arrive on my phone as a text. My reply will go back to
>>>> your email.
>>>
>>> Have you tried it recently?  Didn't work for me.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, just before I posted. Both to the text and reply back to email worked.
> 
> I don't suppose there is an easy way to relate a given cell phone
> number to the carrier and so to the @ address?

No, there isn't. US phone numbers have been movable between carriers
for decades. I did it myself.

pt