AW SMS service currently down
I have got some messages lately regarding SMS's on adultwork. Thought I would post a message to update/inform everyone about the current situation incase you havent got a reply from me yet or its affecting you:
Adultwork:
We have been informed this morning (Thursday 5 May 2011), that one of our SMS providers is no longer able to provide us with SMS services. This will affect all messages sent from you to us on our shortcode 89024 and some others and our long number. The service for all incoming messages is being terminated and we've no definite time frame for when this will stop working.
This decision is based on a ruling by the UK regulatory authority who have decided that some aspects of the service were being used to facilitate prostitution. To avoid any potential bad press, or for their other clients, our SMS provider has chosen to close our account.
Whilst we know our membership are escorts offering time and companionship only, the regulator has drawn it's own conclusions and our SMS provider wants to distance itself from any involvement with AdultWork.com in case it becomes public knowledge.
The following areas will be affected:
- Booking notifications via SMS usually charged at £1.00 will not be sent.
- New email notifications via SMS usually charged at £0.50 will not be sent.
- Subscription to the Phone Number Display scheme at £1.50 day messages will not be sent. To continue to do participate in this scheme, if you have no credits in your account, you will need to buy credits using one of the other . (The charge will then only be 1 credit/day.)
- We are currently investigating the impact of free messages that utilise these shortcodes and incoming messages, such as:
- Webcam Booking notifications
- Phone Chat Booking notifications and replies to accept/reject
- Availability notifications and updates, ON/OFF WC/PC etc.
- Mobile Verification
- We anticipate that incoming message functionality will drop off through the course of the day and may work for some and not others.
Any messages that you send to 89024 should now be sent to 07786 200803. The easiest way to do this is to add an address book entry for AdultWork.com with the number +447786200803.
We have disabled the contentious SMS activity which brought the issue to the attention of PhonePayPlus although we have been advised they are now monitoring the Site for full compliance.
Whilst we work with our other SMS providers to take over the roles, we would like to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this causes you and the negative impact it may have on your business. All those without the Notifier, should .
We have been advised that new dedicated shortcodes/numbers could take between 4-6 weeks to provision and that shared numbers could take up to a week. We appreciate your patience whilst we work to get things back to normal.
The purchasing of credits by SMS should not be affected for members that have already verified their mobile number. Members attempting to verify their number or enroll in Phone Number Display being charged to their phone may have issues verifying their number until such time as an alternative provider's solution is in place.
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Jenny, I sent you a PM yesterday about my SMS problem. I even couldnt get my mobile verified. Is it because of this issue? Could you please let me know? Thanks.
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LOL! I hate cellphones. but just order a chip to get verified!! I thought it would be nice to receive texts instead of having to be by the computer all the time!
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Shit!! Really??
I have a couple of regular texters!!! :( One was texting me only yesterday.
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I want to work on AW soooo bad but they wont accept my i.d. i sent a scanned copy & 2 pictures mfc & other sites accepted but not AW....& MFC is not going well for me lately! Close to burn out!
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Originally Posted by
DamnGirl
Jenny, I sent you a PM yesterday about my SMS problem. I even couldnt get my mobile verified. Is it because of this issue? Could you please let me know? Thanks.
Yes most likely. Fill in this form , if your not in dailypay and want your mobile verified still you will also need to fill in this to grant me permission to verify your mobile number for you
Thanks
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Originally Posted by
Kouture2010
I want to work on AW soooo bad but they wont accept my i.d. i sent a scanned copy & 2 pictures mfc & other sites accepted but not AW....& MFC is not going well for me lately! Close to burn out!
Your username looks familiar so you may be in dp already or I may have helped with something before but either way you can open a ticket here and we will try get you verified.
Thanks