Cell Phones in Great Britain - Cheapest international texts?

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Cheapest international texts?

joe.woods@diffiniti.com

2005-09-25, 5:49 pm

Does anyone know the cheapest source of international texts?

I used to be with O2 a couple of years ago, and international text
messages were included in your monthly allowance.

I've noticed now that no operators seem to offer international texts as
part of inclusive allowances.

I am currently using O2 prepay, and with one of their bolt-ons gives me
them for 10p a go.

Is this the best way? Is there anything cheaper out there, or part of
inclusive bundles?

I'd quite like to use 3G services, but then I'll have to sign up for
monthly packages at =A315 per month, plus =A37 worth of international
texting.

Anyone have any ideas?

Cheers,

Joe

Craig Coope

2005-09-25, 5:49 pm

On 25 Sep 2005 08:35:32 -0700, joe.woods@diffiniti.com wrote:

>Does anyone know the cheapest source of international texts?
>
>I used to be with O2 a couple of years ago, and international text
>messages were included in your monthly allowance.
>
>I've noticed now that no operators seem to offer international texts as
>part of inclusive allowances.
>
>I am currently using O2 prepay, and with one of their bolt-ons gives me
>them for 10p a go.
>
>Is this the best way? Is there anything cheaper out there, or part of
>inclusive bundles?
>
>I'd quite like to use 3G services, but then I'll have to sign up for
>monthly packages at £15 per month, plus £7 worth of international
>texting.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?

I too would like to have cheap International Texting but right now I
cannot find anything useful...

What I have done is set up email on my phone and email on the person's
phone I am texting in Poland and we can both check for messages on
GPRS for free (as it is in my allowance)....it is a little sloppy as I
have to set my phone to check for emails every 30 mins....but it'll do
for now....

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2005-09-25, 5:49 pm

<joe.woods@diffiniti.com> wrote in message
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Does anyone know the cheapest source of international texts?

I used to be with O2 a couple of years ago, and international text
messages were included in your monthly allowance.

I've noticed now that no operators seem to offer international texts as
part of inclusive allowances.

I am currently using O2 prepay, and with one of their bolt-ons gives me
them for 10p a go.

Is this the best way? Is there anything cheaper out there, or part of
inclusive bundles?

I'd quite like to use 3G services, but then I'll have to sign up for
monthly packages at £15 per month, plus £7 worth of international
texting.

Anyone have any ideas?

Cheers,

Joe

The O2 pre pay intl bolt on is the cheaper one at the moment i think for pre
pays.

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joe.woods@diffiniti.com

2005-09-26, 5:48 am

Out of interest, what is the cheapest pay-monthly for international
texting?

I think O2 pay-monthly is bizzarly, more expensive than O2 pre-pay
(with bolt on).

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> <joe.woods@diffiniti.com> wrote in message
> news:1127662531.973949.204760@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Does anyone know the cheapest source of international texts?
>
> I used to be with O2 a couple of years ago, and international text
> messages were included in your monthly allowance.
>
> I've noticed now that no operators seem to offer international texts as
> part of inclusive allowances.
>
> I am currently using O2 prepay, and with one of their bolt-ons gives me
> them for 10p a go.
>
> Is this the best way? Is there anything cheaper out there, or part of
> inclusive bundles?
>
> I'd quite like to use 3G services, but then I'll have to sign up for
> monthly packages at =A315 per month, plus =A37 worth of international
> texting.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
> The O2 pre pay intl bolt on is the cheaper one at the moment i think for =
pre
> pays.
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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es
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2005-09-26, 5:49 pm

joe.woods@diffiniti.com wrote:
> Out of interest, what is the cheapest pay-monthly for international
> texting?
>
> I think O2 pay-monthly is bizzarly, more expensive than O2 pre-pay
> (with bolt on).

Good question.
Now that Orange is upping its rate to 19p for international text, I
would appreciate a little summary for contracts:-

Orange 19p
Vodafone 24p
T-Mobile ??
O2 ??

Can anyone fill in the blanks? I think T-Mobile was 20p once upon a
time, but I haven't had a contract with them for ages.
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tarzan

2005-09-26, 5:49 pm

joe.woods@diffiniti.com wrote:
> Does anyone know the cheapest source of international texts?
>
>
> I'd quite like to use 3G services, but then I'll have to sign up for
> monthly packages at =A315 per month, plus =A37 worth of international
> texting.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joe

looks like O2 is still the cheapest , i cant find any cheaper unless
you use www.smsgarden.com from your PC
they are cheaper , and reliable too.

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2005-09-26, 5:49 pm

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:44:00 +0100, AC <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>joe.woods@diffiniti.com wrote:
>
>Good question.
>Now that Orange is upping its rate to 19p for international text, I
>would appreciate a little summary for contracts:-
>
>Orange 19p
>Vodafone 24p
>T-Mobile ??
>O2 ??

O2 contract international SMS is 10.2p per SMS.

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