[ILUG] [OT] No SMS Text on Eircell Phone

[Trevor Johnston]

Hello,
This is my first off-topic posting, and hopefully the last. But the number
of helpful mobile phone users here makes me think someone'll have a
solution:

I got an 087 GSM Eircell Ready-to-Go pack as a Christmas present, which
works fine but I can't send any SMS text messages. The manual says I can
receive but not send them and as my phone is technically capable of
sending, I was wondering if anyone knows *why* I can't send them and what
can I do about it.

I know people with Eircell phones that can send text messages, and am now
quite annoyed that I can't: I'll be moving over to Esat pretty quickly if
there's no way round this.

Trevor Johnston