lycos.co.uk

Advantages: It's free (and there is now an inbox facility too!!)!!!!
Disadvantages: Must go through a painstakingly boring process before you can send any messages...NOT ANY MORE!!(READ ON!!)

...an inbox facility has now been added, so that your friends can reply to any messages you send from the site and therefore, you can them read them online!!! Lycos.co.uk have DEFINITELY got their act together now when it comes to sending SMS, and I thoroughly recommend this service!! ... Read review

Advantages: free, relatively quick, easy
Disadvantages: no address book

We are certainly in the age of text messaging at the moment, everywhere you go, you hear little 'beeps' when someone receives a message. Yet if you message frequently, you can run up huge bills without even realising, as some companies can charge up to 12p per message. This is where sites such as Lycos come in useful - providing you have access to a computer at the time you want to send the message of course. Lycos is the first site I ever came ...
...charge to any mobile in the UK. It is very easy to use, is well presented, and you compose your message in a small window, designed to look like the display on your phone. It is much easier however typing in your message than fiddling about with the tiny keys on a phone, although you are still limited to 130 characters. But at least this way you can play about with, and edit, your message, until you have made the maximum use of the limited space ... Read review

Advantages: Free, relatively fast, immediate sending of messages, immediate receipt, reliable-no lost messages
Disadvantages: quite slow clicking through the terms and advertising

I first found Lycos in the days when their text messaging service was a well kept secret. Maybe it still is one of the little known services online today, but when I think of online text messaging I think Lycos first. Lycos may be well known to people around the UK as a search engine, not one of the best of its field but still a good service. Others may know it for Fetch, a popular competition. However the SMS service is highly reliable. You have ...
...can send it to any number you wish which is on a UK network. The messages are sent INSTANTLY which is a HUGE bonus, although I wouldnt rely on the time stamp at the end of the message as the times are often ahead of themselves, so you feel like you are being contacted from the future! However you cannot start an account like you can with services like Genie, so you can't have a telephone directory to which you can add telephone numbers. You must ... Read review

Advantages: Free and very easy to use
Disadvantages: Can be a little slow to send messages

I found Lycos's small messaging service about a year ago whilst using the search engine service on Lycos. I think that Lycos was one of the first companys to introduce free SMS and since then I have always used it as my first choice although now there are many other companies to offer the same or indeed better services. Lycos currently offeres up to 130 letters to send which compared to some of the latest mobile phones is quite good. (Nokia 8210 ...
...The process of actually sending a message is quite quick, firstly go into their web page www.lycos.co.uk, select free sms which is easy to find, (located down the left hand column of the page) then agree to the terms and conditions. Next you are given a small box in which to type in your message, one thing I like about the SMS services offered is that you can type in your message which is a lot faster than typing it into the mobile phone using the ... Read review

Advantages: safe, easy, quick, free
Disadvantages: the site can be slow sometimes

Lycos.co.uk have provided free SMS for about a year or so now and ever since then I have been using it. I think it is great idea that Lycos have given everyone a chance to send free SMS because I think it should be free everywhere even on the phones but I suppose that's where the mobile network companies will lose a great amount of money. A normal text message off a phone is about 10 or 12p so each time I SMS off the internet it is saving me a ...
...because I can type much faster than press the letters on the mobile phone so I just have to get to www.lycos.co.uk and start typing my message then click send. The site is really easy to use and I think out of all the sites, this is the easiest to use because you don't have to register, anyone can use it. You don't need a mobile phone, if you do have a mobile phone you dont have to hand over your number. When you type in the number of the mobile ... Read review