CMC

I want to text my friend who's Russian (i.e. send a message to his mobile phone) using the Net. I found a site:
http://www.beeonline.ru/portal/comm/sen ... nd_sms.sms
which offers such a possibility. Could sb guide me through the inticasies of the site?
1) Is it free of charge?
2) Do I have to register to use it?
3) Does the receiver have to be registered?

The most important: I know Russian and I want to write the message in Russian using the "original" alphabet (Cyrillic). Should I write in Cyrillic and then leave this off:
Отключить автоматическую транслитерацию сообщения?

If the person I'm sending CMC to is currently not in Russia, will he get it or not?

Does a message sent from this site include any advertisements?

Maybe sb can recommend some other reliable sites?

U can use ICQ to send SMS, free of charge, i think. But i couldn't figure out how to set it up correctly. I have a friend in russia and she wanted me to send her SMS, but i think i screwed it up. Oh well.

It is free, you don't have to be registered, although a subscriber may switch off the messages form the unregistered people. Also I think it is only for "Beeline" company subscribers.

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Maybe sb can recommend some other reliable sites?

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The best way to send sms is to use site of the company where the reciever of the message is subscribed. Gimme the first 4 digits of the phonenumber and I'll give you the URL.

Thanks guys! I figured out he is a Beeline subscriber.
I also found a site from which you can send free sms messages worldwide:
http://www.email2sms.ru/sms.php

Here is just for USA (and probably canada, but who cares):

http://www.smseverywhere.com/send.htm