Unadvised international call / message!

Cheers to all,
i am going to attempt to explain this, bear with me...
a few weeks after purchasing my iphone (purchased and reside in the US), i recieved an international call from an unknown number. immediately after i ignored the call, i received a text message that contained nothing but squares for the letters or digits. i did a simple google search with the phone number that showed up on my caller id and the country code placed it in the middle east...afghanistan if i remember correctly.
Has this happened to anyone else? does anyone know how or why this happened?
Thanks!

The previous poster, miyang, is correct. I have a similar issue trying to receive messages in from friends in Japan or Korea. Sometimes you may see squares and other times you may see question marks. Either way, it's being sent in a format that the system (AT&T's network) doesn't recognize. Notice that if you browse to a web page in the iPhone Safari browser with non-Roman characters, it works just fine.
Can't give you any other advice on how to prevent someone from sending you messages though!
Cheers!

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> i'm on the struggle still, i've done the uninstall
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cahces,did
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> already this quarter.
> i'm thinking about a system restore now, pretty much
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> it's too bad i committed to adobe before accepting these
adobe type jobs.
> worst case i'll do the work on mirage until i can
finally get the quick
> background drop of fireworks again.
> i didn't pay thousands but it has never even hiccupped
no matter scripts or
> tasks i crammed into it.
> this fireworks issue sort of thing is what put me off
adobe in 2000, no
> support for issues,and wonky worksmanship.
>
> anyone have the answer thow it over to me,i could surely
use the catch up on
> getting paid thing right about now.
An update is being made to address some major problems, if
you hold
tight you might find a solution soon.
Dooza
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As with other international call rates seen on Skype, is it possible to have a flat rate per month with Skype if you want to make unlimited internation calls from Pakistan to the UK / Europe and possibly the USA?

Rauch_MSH wrote:
As with other international call rates seen on Skype, is it possible to have a flat rate per month with Skype if you want to make unlimited internation calls from Pakistan to the UK / Europe and possibly the USA?
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ChristianBurns wrote:
1. from what I've reasearched you can add regular Skype contacts from the Skype directory and also have international calls.
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