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texting a uk phone in france

kurjam
kurjam Posts: 1,342 Forumite
in Mobiles
my son as gone to france and i have texted him but he not got hte message.

do i have to replace the 0 with another number.
we are on vodafone so english phones, but as i say he is in France...

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  • Exhortation
    Exhortation Posts: 774 Forumite
    You shouldn't need to, no. Is he keeping his phone switched on at all times? If not, it may be that he isn't staying connected for long enough for the system to register him as being "active". I was in Geneva (not a million miles from France) a couple of months ago and it was taking anything up to 45 minutes for me to receive texts and emails from the UK after switching on.
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  • jd87
    jd87 Posts: 2,345 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Is he contract or pay as you go? If he is on a contract he will have needed to activate his phone for roaming before he went by calling up customer services. If he didn't do this then he won't have any service.

    Pay as you go phones are automatically activated so this won't be a problem if he is payg.
  • kurjam
    kurjam Posts: 1,342 Forumite
    pay as you go... je is getting the texts but about 30mins after i send them...thanks for ur replies
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