sms from pc ?

hanwellmike

Can anyone advise the best way to do this. I work abroad a lot and want to send an occasional text to someone in the UK advising my return details (what time to meet me at the airport etc). I quite often find my UK pay as you go phone will not reach the UK. I work all day with a PC with internet access so it would be nice to be able to send the message from my PC. And maybe be able to collect a reply ?

keggies

Is your mobile "Sim-Free?" - Ours is & when abroad we buy a local sim card & use that for text messages which works fine. We also keep in contact with people at home using both Twitter & Facebook using the mobile or sometimes the netbook which we also take. We actually prefer using Twitter and we've never had a messaging problem whilst abroad. :j

hanwellmike

Yes I have tried a local sim card and have still had problems reaching a UK mobile (I am outside Europe and 00 44 prefix does not seem to work here). As I use a pc all day it would be much more convenient if I could send my messages from my pc via internet or email.

Some websites offer ''free'' texts and I used one this morning. I will phone later (from office land line) to see if the text arrived safely.

santer_2

You have to wait between sending messages

http://www.freesmsfrog.co.uk/

You sometimes get a busy for so many minutes with this site

http://www.cbfsms.com/

have not tried the rest

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+sms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active

Toxteth_OGrady

Prefixing 00 to the 44 country code applies from most countries but not all.

Countries by International Prefix
00
All countries not listed below
0
Samoa
00 ~
Hungary[4]
000
Tanzania
Uganda
00x, where x is the international carrier selection code
Kenya: 0, 5, 6, 7
Colombia: 5, 7, 9
Cambodia: 1, 7
Indonesia: 1, 7, 8, 9
Singapore: 1, 8
South Korea: 1, 2, 3xx, 5, 6, 7xx, 8
Hong Kong:
1 – PCCW
60 – PCCW low-cost service
7 – Wharf
8 – Hutchison Telecom
9 – New World
Taiwan: 2, 5, 6, 7, 9
001
Guyana
Mongolia
Thailand
0011
Australia
009
Nigeria
010
Japan
01x, where x is the international carrier selection code
Israel, where to encourage competition between international telephone carriers, a system of prefixes beginning with 01x was introduced, in addition to the 00 prefix. For example, if the subscriber dials 018-1-202-555-1212, the call will be routed to North America via Xfone.
012 – 012-Smile
013 – 013-NetVision
014 – Bezeq International
018 – Xfone
011 - Any country in the NANPA
American Samoa
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guam
Haïti
Jamaica
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Montserrat
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
1xx0, where xx is the international carrier selection code
Chile
119
Cuba
1666
Hong Kong – City Telecom
810
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
8xx, where xx is the international carrier selection code
Georgia (00 prefix for default carrier is also admissible instead of 8xx)
07 – Caucasus Online
10 – Telecom Georgia
11 – Egrisi (Akhali Kselebi)
16 – Silknet (former UTG)
18 – Global One
54 – Lagi
60 – Geonet
69 – Service Ltd.
Russia (for "carrier hot choice" subscribers)
10 – Rostelecom
26 – Arctel
27 – Synterra
28 – Comstar
56 – GoldenTelecom
57 – Transtelecom
58 – MTT
59 – Orange Business Services
99
Finland, where to encourage competition between international telephone carriers, a system of prefixes beginning with 99 was introduced in addition to the 00 prefix. For example, if the subscriber dials 990-1-202-555-1212, the call will be routed to North America via TeliaSonera.
990 – TeliaSonera Finland Oyj
991 – Saunalahti Group Oyj
992 – Globetel Oy
994 – TDC Oy FINLAND
99500 – Cubio Communications Ltd
99511 - Helistamine OU
99532 – Saunalahti Group Oyj
99533 – TDC Oy FINLAND
99541 – DNA Oy
99551 – Cubio Communications Ltd
99555 – DNA Oy
99559 – Elisa Oyj
99577 – TDC Oy FINLAND
99588 – Globetel Oy
99590 – TeliaSonera Finland Oyj
99599 – Scandicom Oy
996 – DNA Oy
9977 – Elisa Oyj
998 – Orange Business Finland Oy
999 – Elisa Oyj

hanwellmike

Many thanks for the good information guys.:T

hanwellmike

I have just checked and the free text I sent earlier via this site has arrived safely.

http://www.cbfsms.com/

So that's a useful option for sending the occasional free message from abroad to a mobile in the UK. Message is limited to 140 characters which is just about sufficient.:j

ossie

Send a free text message from O2 even if you use a different network.
You have to register but you can send free texts from website.
https://www.o2.co.uk/

balt

I use 18866 to send txts abroad so should work from anywhere, cost 6p but your registered mobile number is displayed so looks as its sent from mobile.

Bogtrotter

On mobile networks you can use the symbol "+" instead of the international access code for the country you are phoning from.

So instead of dialling 00441234567890 from a mobile you can dial +441234567890

PZH

balt wrote: »

I use 18866 to send txts abroad so should work from anywhere, cost 6p but your registered mobile number is displayed so looks as its sent from mobile.

I use 18185 - cost 3p per text :T