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CHeap Sms to Germany

Hi everybody,

I'm looking for a way to cheaply sms from my Voda contract phone as I mainly text abroad and hardly use my free minutes.

I have free minutes and a text bundle but as far as I'm aware every provider excludes the use of included sms to outside the UK. I mainly text to Germany and was wondering if somebody knew of any company or provider that has a special deal for texting abroad, ie Germany and Switzerland. I am happy to go PAYG or change from Voda to another provider...

Many thanks for your help :)

Judith

Comments

  • venkat_2
    venkat_2 Posts: 41 Forumite
    hey judith,

    the cheapest way i know of is via o2 PAYG. they charge 10p per international message but first you have to add their international text bolt on which costs around £5. this £5 you will make back after say about 50 texts to germany/swis,
  • balt
    balt Posts: 308 Forumite
    If you can use a PC this is a great site for free SMS to Oz and Germany no ads or hassle. Its based in Oz but includes Germany and Isreal for some reason. http://www.icq.com/download/icq2go/ just register and set up your contacts and away you go.
  • Hi balt and venkat,

    thanks for your reply...will have a look at these options..I was thinking of moving to O2 PAYG anyway :)

    Cheers
    Judith
  • Hi,

    Recently I signed up to https://www.smszilla.com. They offer the cheapest SMS to any destination.

    Here are some sample rates per SMS (in EUR)
    Australia 0.0440
    Bangladesh 0.0440
    China 0.0440
    Fiji 0.0440
    Germany 0.0990
    Hong Kong 0.0440
    India 0.0300
    Indonesia 0.0440
    Korea (South) 0.0440
    Malaysia 0.0500
    New Zealand 0.0440
    Philippines 0.0440
    Singapore 0.0440
    Sri Lanka 0.0440
    Taiwan 0.0440
    Thailand 0.0440
    United Kingdom 0.0990
    Viet Nam 0.0440

    If anyone interested, please hurry sign up because they are giving some free credit for the first timer.
  • redux
    redux Posts: 22,976 Forumite
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    Xmen wrote:
    They offer the cheapest SMS to any destination.
    ...
    If anyone interested, please hurry sign up because they are giving some free credit for the first timer.
    Some of those are not the cheapest rates to some destinations, like several Europeans, which can be beaten (5c or 5p) by firms that have actually published their T&C and privacy policy.
  • redux wrote:
    Some of those are not the cheapest rates to some destinations, like several Europeans, which can be beaten (5c or 5p) by firms that have actually published their T&C and privacy policy.
    could you let me know which firms you are referring too ? I'm quite new to the subject so don't know what and who is out there...thanks :)
  • redux
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    That site in the post above mine and others mostly do PC access for sending, but there are one or two that offer sending via wap/gprs from the mobile phone.

    Several VoIP providers have PC sending for prices in that area - the Finarea companies Voipbuster Voipcheap and a few others, Skype, Voipfone, Babble ...

    Then there are several other sites that offer even free services from a PC - a couple of threads around so try a search on here. It needs careful attention to the terms and conditions to avoid services that will start sending unwanted premium rate messages back to your own number ...

    Babble also have a wap/gprs client in beta, so I wouldn't be surprised if others are developing this (I haven't tried it yet or heard of anyone else, so I don't know how well it's going). Also look out for smsBug, also via wap/gprs - though I couldn't get it working myself

    If you need to send all your texts from the phone then there isn't as much choice yet, so I hope I didn't mislead you.
  • redux wrote:
    That site in the post above mine and others mostly do PC access for sending, but there are one or two that offer sending via wap/gprs from the mobile phone.

    Several VoIP providers have PC sending for prices in that area - the Finarea companies Voipbuster Voipcheap and a few others, Skype, Voipfone, Babble ...

    Then there are several other sites that offer even free services from a PC - a couple of threads around so try a search on here. It needs careful attention to the terms and conditions to avoid services that will start sending unwanted premium rate messages back to your own number ...

    Babble also have a wap/gprs client in beta, so I wouldn't be surprised if others are developing this (I haven't tried it yet or heard of anyone else, so I don't know how well it's going). Also look out for smsBug, also via wap/gprs - though I couldn't get it working myself

    If you need to send all your texts from the phone then there isn't as much choice yet, so I hope I didn't mislead you.

    Well..they need to be sent from the phone..but thanks anyway :)
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