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So, I just found out that my mobile service provider, Telus, is now on Twitter! Not only that, but they're asking Telus users on Twitter if they want full SMS support again, like Bell customers have. The only problem is that if you want to say yes, you need to be followed by Telus. Why? Because they want responses via direct message.

You know, it'd be great to get this back. On the other hand, what's the cost going to be? When Twitter returned to Bell, there was a lot of fuss about Bell deciding to charge users 15¢ per incoming tweet. Bell backpedalled, and let it all go for free. Rogers, now that it is working to send tweets to clients, is doing it gratis from the get-go, but brought in the tweet charge that Bell and Telus have for regular users without a text plan.

I certainly hope that Telus does this the right way, too, and offers them free. It'd be nice to get direct messages and replies straight to my phone, for when I'm on the move. It might mean I'll keep using Twitter directly, instead of moving over completely to FriendFeed and just use Twitter for broadcasting anything I post there (or on other services).

If you're a Telus user, start following @telus and pester them to follow you back. Then you can DM them and let them know you want to get Twitter back on your phone.