Facebook doesn’t recognise anything but America

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Originally uploaded by smstextnews.

Come on, Facebook, get with it.

I’m trying to verify my account, right? It asks me for a mobile number. I give it my properly formatted UK mobile.

I get an error message from them.

Duh.

It’s simply not good enough for an internationally recognised service like Facebook to be limited to using a US text messaging gateway. Get real. Get with it. Phone up a UK aggregator, get an account, get it fixed. Or better still, call up Clickatell, tell them you saw their ad on SMS Text News and are looking for a reeeeelly good deal — and get connectivity for the rest of the world.

Shite, isn’t it? A billion dollar company like that and their developers can’t be arsed to sort out an international gateway.

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  • http://www.brilliantexpos.com Jeb

    Ewan,
    If you need a number from the US then email me and I’ll give you my number to use to revieve a password or what not.

  • ewan

    Jeb, very good of you to offer — I am just miffed at them for not supporting international numbers! It’s not as if it’s particularly complex!

  • UKSucksBalls

    Why should Facebook do this for the brits? What have they dont to advance Facebook? Facebook should be exclusively for Americans. haha I am only kidding.

    Have you considered messaging their support?

  • ewan

    Heh, nahhhhhh …

  • http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7060994452 Charles

    Get facbook mobile sms in the uk and internationally

    three, vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, virgin

    http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7060994452

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