Verizon Kills 4INFO Text Alerts

December 5th, 2009 admin

The nation’s largest wireless carrier has blocked a major offering from one of the nation’s largest text-alert services. Verizon Wireless Friday night informed its customers via SMS that they would no longer be allowed to use some ad-supported services from 4INFO, a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup. 4INFO users received the following text: “Verizon users will no longer receive messages from 4INFO at 44636. You are unsubscribed from all programs & will not receive further msgs.” The …


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