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Cheap Txt Messg to Australia
Hi Guys,
My best friend has just Moved to Australia and i was wondering if anyone new who was the cheapest network, or other , to keep in touch, as i generally txt quite a lot. I an currently with virgin mobile in the Uk (£20 per month), and i get an allowance of 300 free txt + 300 anytime minutes, but nothing inclusive for international txt. Virgin tells me that they dont have any bolt on's that can be added, and their chrg is 20p per txt to Australia. Can anyone advise anything cheers Tom |
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Virgin charge moer for international text!!?
I was in america for a month and o2 didnt charge anymore for me to text home.... |
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Originally Posted by silvershadow68
Hi Guys,
My best friend has just Moved to Australia and i was wondering if anyone new who was the cheapest network, or other , to keep in touch, as i generally txt quite a lot. I an currently with virgin mobile in the Uk (£20 per month), and i get an allowance of 300 free txt + 300 anytime minutes, but nothing inclusive for international txt. Virgin tells me that they dont have any bolt on's that can be added, and their chrg is 20p per txt to Australia. Can anyone advise anything cheers Tom |
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Originally Posted by sla_steve
Virgin charge moer for international text!!?
I was in america for a month and o2 didnt charge anymore for me to text home.... O2 offer and international saver which gives reduced price text to overseas mobiles. |
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Hi Guys,
yes the last member got it right. I will be txting Australia. I do have msn messgr & skype, but the time difference is a problem sometimes, and you know, there is nothing like sending a txt, if something just needs to be said there & then. I am not looking for a cheap way out, but if you usually text 3,4,5, times aday, it can build up to quite an amount. If anyone else thinks of anything, drop a quick repsonce. Will go an have a look at O2 at the mo. cheers |
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Yes, O2 Pay & Go seems to be your best option. For the 'International Caller Bolt-On', you pay a one-off payment of £4.99 (taken from your calltime balance), and then all texts to foreign mobile numbers cost 10p. You can also call an Australian landline for 10p per minute and an Australian mobile for 35p per minute.
There is more information on the O2 website here: http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/t...alcallerbolton Hope this helps.
Last edited by Scott_14 : 07-02-2007 at 21:24. |
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Have you investigated Jajah which has a facility for extremely cheap texts as well as calls?
Hotxt also does something similar. http://www.jajah.com/info/services/sms/ http://hotxt.com/ |
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Originally Posted by silvershadow68
Hi Guys,
yes the last member got it right. I will be txting Australia. I do have msn messgr & skype, but the time difference is a problem sometimes, and you know, there is nothing like sending a txt, if something just needs to be said there & then. I am not looking for a cheap way out, but if you usually text 3,4,5, times aday, it can build up to quite an amount. If anyone else thinks of anything, drop a quick repsonce. Will go an have a look at O2 at the mo. cheers You can send a text via skype, works out at 8p per text, and you can setup it, so that your mate can send you a reply straight back to your mobile. £10 credit equates to 125txt, not the greatest value, but it would save you changing network if you work it out as £10 a month, you could send an average of 4 a day for the £10 Last edited by Tenacious Pee : 07-02-2007 at 21:55. |
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Hi everybody,
thanks for the great advice here. am gonna check them out and see which is the best. Just a tip for anybody looking for cheaps calls abroad using ur mobile. I use BT smartsave to call Australia from my mobile phone (Any service provider) to a landline 5p per min to an australian mobile 15p min http://www.payphones.bt.com/btsmarts...&oLDesc=KB_920 |
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Voipfone do the same thing as this BT ‘smart’ thing, but the rates are generally cheaper.
Also, the Voipfone access number does not actually pickup the call until the party you are trying to call answer the line. This means you are not charged for the call at all if the person you are calling is not available. (As long as they don’t have voicemail) https://www.voipfone.co.uk/PB_Mobile_Voip_Link.php |
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well i'm on pay as you go with 3 and always text my mate in the USA and each text is only 10p.
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cheers guys,
a must admit the Voipfone sounds interesting, and at under 2p a min, that great value. What is the quality like on voip/mobile/international, & is there any hidden catches cheers |
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i have a mate who moved abroad, i made him keep his UK phone and take it with him. simple.
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Originally Posted by flagpole
i have a mate who moved abroad, i made him keep his UK phone and take it with him. simple.
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If you're on tmobile, always send your texts as picture messages. They cost 20p permessage regardless of where you send them and you can fit up to 6 text messages in to one MMS so if you want to send a longer one, MMS is the way to go.
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Originally Posted by prking
But then he will pay to receive the texts!
Think about it, it would be terribly unfair as you can't not receive them. with a call you can choose not to answer. |
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Why not just send your friend an o2 sim card top it up by a tenner to activate it and you can send him texts for nowt out of your fee bundle from your existing mobile. you can even send mms messages this way.. he wont pay a penny to recieve messages.. he could send you a vodaphone au or a telstra sim and you put it in spare phone here to recieve his texts and mms free..
just on other thing im not sure but i was phoned by o2 the other weeksa sking if my contract was all ok,, they looked at my bill and noticed i make lots of texts to australia.. they recommended a text bolt on and they said that international sms were free from the bundle.. i need to actually check this is correct when i get my online bill though |
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Been looking at all the suggestions that everybody has put forward and am very grateful, but the reality is that, on all of them ! you need access to a PC to send cheap txt msg's.
Is there anything out there, that allows you to send cheap txt, directly from your mobile phone, to another mobile phone ?. Something like they way you can make cheap call, (Via an access number). This is really what i would like to do cheers |
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Hey Guys,
has anyone ever heard of this company that i have came across. Would really appreciate it, if anyone could give me any info, if you use them, or have heard of them cheers Tom http://www.10ptext.co.uk/ |
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The solution I mentioned earlier would probably be your best option. If you get an O2 PAYG SIM Card with the 'International Caller Bolt-On' (for a one-off charge of £4.99) , you will be able to send texts to any phone in the world for 10p. This is from your mobile phone too - there are no computers involved.
Hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by wernroe
If you're on tmobile, always send your texts as picture messages. They cost 20p permessage regardless of where you send them and you can fit up to 6 text messages in to one MMS so if you want to send a longer one, MMS is the way to go.
Are you sure you can you send Picture Mesage from the UK to Australia ? Dont think you can with a Uk to foreign network. eg O2 uk mobile to Telstra Mobile australia !!! |
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If your mate has a PC then download Skype and use that. All FREE!
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