Is it still possible to send SMS messages from the internet to a Pay as You Go Rogers phone?

[bogdanlazar]

For more than 15 years I have received SMS messages from a person outside Canada who used this address to send the texts: http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way  (The received messages were evidently paid by me but the person abroad did not spent a cent.)

Recently, I was told that the service does no longer work.

Question: Is there another possibility for sending SMS texts from the internet to my phone, or Rogers does no longer offer this kind of service?

(I mention that I use Rogers Pay as You Go cards) 

[OLDYELLR]

Here is an old thread on the subject. I remember being able to do it using a Rogers address and also several sites on the web. I can see the advantage of using a real keyboard instead a very tiny one. Besides, my computers are always on, but I only turn my cellphone on and take it with me when I leave the house,

I would like to see an official answer from @CommunityHelps  But it's my guess that such a feature could be abused by telemarketers to send out mass spam texts.

[RogersMoin · Accepted solution]

Hello, @bogdanlazar.

Thank you for posting your query in the Community. The 2-way text messaging service is a handy tool to reach out to Rogers wireless customers. The service should be available now. 

Cheers,
RogersMoin

[bogdanlazar]

RogersMoin,

The page : http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way/ is back online now. I can access it. Thank you for your help.

[bogdanlazar]

As a remark: It appears that the string websms.rogers.page.ca/2way triggers a spam alarm in @yahoo.com.

I have tried twice to announce the person who had told me about the impossibility of sending SMS-es using the internet, each time adding a link to the page, in the body of the email, and saying the service came back online. 

This is what I included in the first email: 

"http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way/"

and here is what I wrote the second time:

( "->websms.rogers.page.ca/2way" )

In both situations I received back this message:

"Failure Notice Yahoo/Inbox
MAILER-DAEMON@yahoo.com <mailer-daemon@yahoo.com>

To:[me***]@yahoo.com, Sun., Aug. 8  ... .
Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.
<[someone***]@yahoo.com>:
554: Message not allowed - [PH01] Email not accepted for policy reasons. Please visit https://postmaster.verizonmedia.com/error-codes
---------- Forwarded message ----------"

Finally, I sent an email, to the same person, without including the above mentioned string and I have received no failure notice.

[einarsen]

For anyone who finds this thread: service NO LONGER EXISTS. 

http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way does not resolve (no DNS entry).

Email to SMS is likewise cancelled.