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iPhone App Causes Google To Shut Down SMS Service
An anonymous reader writes "A few days ago, Inner Fence released a paid iPhone app called Infinite SMS, which let iPhone users employ Google's free SMS gateway to send SMS messages without paying their service providers. The resulting surge in traffic on Google's SMS gateway forced Google to block all third-party applications from using the free SMS feature — including Google's own GTalk client."
err no. maybe this service was already operating at capcaity and the extra couple of % the crap phone added was unexpected?
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
So its abuse if you actually use what is offered?
Odd way of thinking.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Obviously, you haven't read the REST of my posts in this discussion. I have ALREADY admitted to being a thief. If your ISP offers both internet and television, and you purchase only one, then continue to make use of both, YES YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY ATTEMPTING TO ABUSE THE SYSTEM. Did you read the TOS? Did you discuss your plan with the ISP? Were you completely open and honest with the ISP about your intentions? Did a salesman actually approve of your plans? Or, did you just sort of sneak around and put this thing together to your own satisfaction, hoping that no one would catch on and block you? I'm pretty sure we all know the answers to every question. But, go ahead. Surprise me if I'm wrong. Hell, just name the ISP company officer's name who approved of your idea. We can invite him here to advocate just such a plan. ;)
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