Any alternatives to Fish text? Texting from UK to mobile in Ireland?

sunni

Hello

I've been using the Fish text app to text a friend who lives in Ireland. She doesn't have a landline or smartphone so found Fish text good until recently. It sends texts twice and I'm charged twice, however I do get it refunded but I find the customer services very slow to respond! Its getting frustrating again and having same problem and no reply yet from Customer Services!

Is there any other apps to send texts from UK to a mobile in Ireland?

Thanks

sunni

prowla

She could get a smartphone and use Skype (also works on a computer).

ballyblack

some providers (if not all) are only 1p a text to EU eg Tesco mobile contract

AnotherJoe

I suspect its more that the person in Ireland is getting high charges for receiving texts.
Longer term a cheap smartphone with Whatsapp or similar might do the job.

J_B

prowla wrote: »

She could get a smartphone and use Skype (also works on a computer).

She could get a smartphone and use WhatsApp

ballyblack

I suspect its more that the person in Ireland is getting high charges for receiving texts.

Receiving ordinary texts on any mobile network in Ireland is FREE!

As stated before if the Irish contact got a cheap smartphone and use 'Whats App' or 'Viber' its all free..

'Viber' will even work on a tablet

AnotherJoe

ballyblack wrote: »

Receiving ordinary texts on any mobile network in Ireland is FREE!

As stated before if the Irish contact got a cheap smartphone and use 'Whats App' or 'Viber' its all free..

'Viber' will even work on a tablet

Even from overseas networks? Fair enough. So why then is the OP using 'fish text" ?

ballyblack

The poster is texting out to a friend in Ireland using Fishtext because does not want to pay full price, even though it's only about 1p on contract
Fishtext charges about .02p to send a text thru the internet to an non smart phone

I use Fishtext all the time for texting Ireland and I have no complaints about their service

To sum up texting non UK numbers cost more than UK numbers

Free to receive

ballyblack

PS to poster
It sends twice because you are sending it twice
Hit send and leave to check later that it was sent
On a poor network there is no way of knowing it was sent
But it usually always is!

Fishtext is slow to confirm confirmations

Trust it sends ok

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AnotherJoe

ballyblack wrote: »

The poster is texting out to a friend in Ireland using Fishtext because does not want to pay full price, even though it's only about 1p on contract
Fishtext charges about .02p to send a text thru the internet to an non smart phone

I use Fishtext all the time for texting Ireland and I have no complaints about their service

To sum up texting non UK numbers cost more than UK numbers

Free to receive

Thanks for the enlightenment !

So, a cheap smartphone might be a better deal overall / longer term then, since even the lowest data tariff data would cover Whatsapp or similar since they would use a trivial amount on pure texts.

ballyblack

Some people will not use a smart phone to free receive so fish text just works for International sending

The poster has no confirmation that the text is sent

...... so sends it again incurring a repeat charge

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