Text message invites to special advance movie screenings

txtMovieClub.com Technical Updates

Hi All-

Over the next few weeks you are going to notice some changes with txtMovieClub's mobile platform. We are in the process of replacing our shortcode, 95201 with 69863. The new code brings about greater stability and increases our "reach" from 7 carriers to over 60 (including Cricket and Virgin). Cool, huh?

So what exactly is the impact? Glad you asked... As many of you may have experienced lately, text messages have been going out seemingly randomly, or not at all, or to various members, but not others, etc. It's actually quite crazy. Verizon notified us that they were terminating 95201 on their system; we had the opportunity to fix it, but it wasn't worth it. With the new move comes some better features that we hope to roll-out sooner rather than later.

What's coming/here:

Changing your phone number on your profile will cause a text message confirmation to be sent to your phone.
We will no longer have "TMCABQ" or "TMCSEA" - everyone will use MOVIE as the keyword to be a part of.
Email might be used during outages now - make sure your email is updated on your profile!
If you have an invalid phone number, we will attempt to email you before the event closes so you can update it before the blast.
If you have any issues, please email Support@txtMovieClub.com. This is the QUICKEST and most efficient way of getting a response to your answer.
Our support staff will be getting better tools that provide insight into carrier-related issues as well - this will expedite the support process.
And finally, we're re-building our text messaging platform. Believe it or not, it's incredibly complicated to "just send" text messages!

So I think that's it for now. Please feel free to drop me a line if you want to help with testing or have any other questions about what we're doing. And feel free to text MOVIE to 69863 - if you get a message from txtMovieClub.com, then you're going to be setup perfect for the next stages. If you get anything else, chances are the carrier's have not yet approved our program on their network, so you might get a "carrier denied", "subscriber denied", etc.

We are most likely not going to go live with the new code until we get official approval from the "big 4" (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint), but here is where we stand right now. And don't worry, the process with carrier's and approval's is as clear as mud:

Who is 'certifying' us right now:
None - We're waiting on the guys below to get through their red-tape.

Who we just found out might take another month or 2 to work (bummer):
Cricket (may not happen - working on pushing their side a little)
MetroPCS

Who has officially approved our new code:
AT&T
Verizon
Alltel
T-Mobile
Sprint
Virgin Mobile
US Cellular
Centennial
West Central Wireless
Bluegrass Cellular
East Kentucky Network/Appalachian Wireless
Illinois Valley Cellular
Inland Cellular
Nex Tech Communications
Rural Cellular Corp
Immix/Keystone Wireless
Revol Wireless
ECIT
ACS/Alaska Communications Systems
Cox Wireless
United Wireless
CGI Communications
Thumb Cellular
nTelos
CellCom
Cell South
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
Rural Cellular Corp
WGC

Oh yeah - one more thing... While I do enjoy looking at our inbound text messages every now and then, nobody actually looks at those messages; the really cool programs we've written handle all of that traffic for us. So don't get mad if we don't reply to your message, but don't be freaked out if we *do* respond.. :-)

- Kevin

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Permalink Reply by Michael Peters on July 22, 2010 at 5:06pm

Thanks for checking on it Kevin. Might be worth investigating since GoogleVoice is now a free service to everyone that allows people to add or delete phones to a GoogleVoice number without ever having to change that number. Also, it allows people to manage (receive, send, archive, forward, etc.) SMS messages from their computer. I think its going to be catching on pretty quickly.

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Permalink Reply by mark on July 22, 2010 at 6:40pm

We love google voice, been using it since the beta days. Check out My Page, you can leave me a voice mail from there! As far as short codes being able to send and receive to it, I'll leave that one to Kevin.

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Permalink Reply by KDawg on July 20, 2010 at 5:08pm

Update! We're working to get the new system setup, but we need a few test subjects to RSVP for the Beta event (just one right now). The event is located at http://www.txtmovieclub.com/events/tmc-beta-test-event-1.

We would like to get as many members to RSVP to this event, whether you've been having issues receiving invites or not. The greater number of people using the system, the greater the chance of finding any bugs and getting everyone back up and enjoying free movies.

Please contact me directly or through help@txtmovieclub.com if you need any help or guidance on this matter.

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Justin G on February 23, 2011 at 11:11am

Verizon is good for this btw. I've gotten my first set of passes and it works golden.

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Permalink Reply by Justin G on February 26, 2011 at 11:30pm

Hey, who do we talk to about the Rango text delay that happened? Last one I got worked perfect. This one I got at 6:15PM the day of...

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Permalink Reply by cx3djc13 on March 9, 2011 at 1:20am

So I Had T-Mobile But I Change Service So Now Im With Sprint. I Didn't Get Today's Code For "RED RIDING HOOD". I Also Didn't Get A Code Sent To Me 2 Weeks Ago For "Drive Angry". So What's Up With The Sprint Service With Txt Movie Club?