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Is it possible to txt america??
Obiwan
03-06-2005
Hi, im on O2. yay.
I have a friend in USA, Charleston.. and im wonder if its possible to send a txt to her mobile phone.

I just tried.. but she didn't get anything.
I wonder if i have to type numbers in or go through a special service or something?

Any suggestions?
thankees
Gage
03-06-2005
think you need to put the +44 or what ever international dialing code it is
Steve Pearce
03-06-2005
If her mobile has a US number then you need to prefix it with +1. If it's a UK mobile being used in the US (i.e. roaming) then just the normal mobile number should work.
Wireless Router
03-06-2005
Do the US use the "07" prefix for mobiles?

If so, it would be:

017[then rest of number]

01 being the US country prefix, and you miss out the first "0"
Steve Pearce
03-06-2005
Nope, US mobiles are allocated regular Area Code numbers, they never start with "0".

And the international code for the US is "1" (not "01").
Wireless Router
03-06-2005
Originally Posted by Steve Pearce:
“Nope, US mobiles are allocated regular Area Code numbers, they never start with "0".

And the international code for the US is "1" (not "01").”

Ah ok.

It's just some people use:

0001
0044 and so on..
Steve Pearce
03-06-2005
When I call the US from a landline I dial "00" + "1" + "Area Code" + "Number". The leading "00" is the international access code from the UK.

From a mobile its easier just dial "+" and the international dialling code. The "+" replaces the international access code (which can vary depending which country you are in). When I am roaming abroad to dial a UK number I just use "+44" and the UK number (missing out the leading zero).
KGB
03-06-2005
My wife is in California at the moment and I txt her cingular mobile all the time. Just sent it to +1xxxyyyzzzz.

Delivery reports work fine and as I'm o2 online payg the txts come out of 300 free per month allowance
ondigiboxoner
03-06-2005
Is she using a UK mobile? Because if it is a UK mobile out in the States, then you can text her using the normal means, it will cost you the same, and she will pay the extra!
KGB
04-06-2005
No she's using a cingular mobile and it costs neither of us anything
Davester
04-06-2005
Remove the first zero of the phone number, and add +1 ( if using mobile) or 001 (if using home phone).
Obiwan
04-06-2005
Hmm well i tried putting +1 then her number.. and it sent. and I even got a delivery report when i sent it via Orange. but she didn't recieve it.

Shes on Sprint PC's network.

Oh well.. ill keep trying.
adam_80
04-06-2005
If you go to http://www.orange.co.uk/international/calling.html and select your tariff then you should find a list of all the American networks you can and can't text from the UK. There is however a message warning that "some foreign networks may not currently support sending or receiving international text messages" so you will still get a delivery report even though the text hasn't gome through. This has happened to me before.

O2 don't appear to have any of this information on their website.
squawkBOX
04-06-2005
o2 are able to send txt messages to US phones. Here is a story from The Register which states:

O2's UK and Ireland customers will be able to exchange text messages with mobile users in North America and send messages to users in Japan and subscribers of Telecom New Zealand, following the launch of the service.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02...text_services/ - Feb 2004
Best seller
04-06-2005
Originally Posted by Steve Pearce:
“Nope, US mobiles are allocated regular Area Code numbers, they never start with "0".

And the international code for the US is "1" (not "01").”

To phone the usa/canada you have to use prefix 001
adam_80
04-06-2005
Originally Posted by squawkBOX:
“o2 are able to send txt messages to US phones. Here is a story from The Register which states:

O2's UK and Ireland customers will be able to exchange text messages with mobile users in North America and send messages to users in Japan and subscribers of Telecom New Zealand, following the launch of the service.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02...text_services/ - Feb 2004”

You can indeed text US phones from O2 but what I meant to say is that O2 do not provide information on their website on which particular US networks you can text like Orange do.
Obiwan
04-06-2005
Well.. i have discovered that Sprint PC(her network) doesn't support international txts. Hence why my txts didn't go through. Damn.

Oh well. back to the drawing board .
mrMick
06-06-2005
tell her to get on a decent network...
Steve Pearce
06-06-2005
Originally Posted by Best seller:
“To phone the usa/canada you have to use prefix 001”

Try reading all the posts in this thread, as I said earlier:

When I call the US from a landline I dial "00" + "1" + "Area Code" + "Number". The leading "00" is the international access code from the UK.

The international code for the US is "1", this is a fact.
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