Text Costs

CaseyChaos · 28 Mar 2009 at 02:41

Does anyone know how much it would cost to send a text from an orange UK phone to an American phone, the network is Verizon btw. Also I'm on monthly tariff with free messages and would like to know if they would be able to use my allowance?

Reginald · 28 Mar 2009 at 02:48

Can't use your allowance I don't think. Check your tarrif online.. Should tell you price

CaseyChaos · 28 Mar 2009 at 02:51

It only tells me how much it costs to text a UK mobile that is in the USA, not a USA network

sargatanas · 28 Mar 2009 at 02:54

I'm not on a contract or anything, just pay as you go, and it costs me 20p to do so.

CaseyChaos · 28 Mar 2009 at 02:55

hmmm could be about the same I suspect, thanks for the help

Rich_L · 28 Mar 2009 at 03:08

15 or 20p I think, definitely doesn't use the allowance.

However, if you want to phone, 18185.co.uk has an 0208 number covered by free landline calls add-on and charges 1p a minute to call US mobiles, payment by direct debit monthly.

benjo · 28 Mar 2009 at 03:27

40p to text from America, so I guess it's the same the other way around.

A2Z · 28 Mar 2009 at 04:08

19.6p

http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Sa...ice&cid=1044129424979&tab=3&mid=1137070319040

search properly

Aod · 28 Mar 2009 at 04:58

i'm on orange, and texts i sent to a vodafone mobile that was in Geneve were free...

your milage may vary!

CaseyChaos · 28 Mar 2009 at 13:15

A2Z said:
19.6p

http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Sa...ice&cid=1044129424979&tab=3&mid=1137070319040

search properly

Lol my search skills can't be very good.

Aod said:
i'm on orange, and texts i sent to a vodafone mobile that was in Geneve were free...

your milage may vary!

I'm not texting a friend on hol with an English mobile, they are free. I'm texting a friend who lives in the USA with an American network phone.

unknowndomain · 28 Mar 2009 at 13:34

I think they are charged toe receive texts in the USA as well as being charged to send them

Ironic Namesake · 28 Mar 2009 at 13:45

Vodafone charges me 25p for texts to most countries, and I text a lot of different plces , always the same

mattheman · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:14

use the internet for free txts.

CaseyChaos · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:20

unknowndomain said:
I think they are charged toe receive texts in the USA as well as being charged to send them

I think that's true but I'm not going there, so shouldn't cost anything to receive them.

Tom0 · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:22

CaseyChaos said:
I think that's true but I'm not going there, so shouldn't cost anything to receive them.

Not going to cost you to receive a reply, but the person you're sending a text to in America will have to pay to receive a text as well as you paying the 19p no matter where its sent from.

A2Z · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:39

Tom0 said:
Not going to cost you to receive a reply, but the person you're sending a text to in America will have to pay to receive a text as well as you paying the 19p no matter where its sent from.

No they don't.

Why would a person have to pay to receive a text in their own country on their own network?

Dolph · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:43

A2Z said:
No they don't.

Why would a person have to pay to receive a text in their own country on their own network?

Because in the USA, texting is not very popular, and on some packages, an optional extra.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/12/verizon-increases-sms-rates-customers-now-free-of-their-contr/

A2Z · 28 Mar 2009 at 14:54

Dolph said:
Because in the USA, texting is not very popular, and on some packages, an optional extra.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/12/verizon-increases-sms-rates-customers-now-free-of-their-contr/

wow, thats the first i've ever heard of this, lucky theres nothing like that over here!

Dolph · 28 Mar 2009 at 15:43

A2Z said:
wow, thats the first i've ever heard of this, lucky theres nothing like that over here!

They get other benefits that we do not, or that we pay significantly more for though, it's swings and roundabouts really, just more reflective of usage tendancies than anything else.