Calls from Second Life to Real Life not working in USA

I was so taken by the concept of Vodaphone InsideOut that I raced to their island, got the free HUD, and began the set up. But text messaging isn't working to the USA (or China), and that means that anyone with a USA (or Chinese) cell phone cannot activate their service, either. This is because the activation process sends a text (SMS) message to your mobile phone and you have to reply to that message to confirm and establish your service. It's a darn shame.

I tried to activate anyway, but so far have received no text message from Vodaphone. The company's web site says their working to resolve the problem. Here's the Web home page for Vodaphone InsideOut. And here's the SLURL to take you directly to Vodaphone InsideOut island (use only if you already have an SL account).

You can't see the activation page, which carries the message about the USA and China having technical difficulties, until you link to it from your HUD from within SL. That's because each activation page is, of course, unique to each user; the SL HUD tells the service your SL name. HUD, in case you don't know, stands for heads-up display; it's jargon that SL inherited from RL.