O2 sending text abroad

Deuteronomy818

Seems like O2 have just ended the 4 for one equivalence for texting home from abroad. It's a real shame. If anyone else knows the cheapest way to text abroad (and still have it look like it came from your number) please let me know.

Here's what O2wrote to me in an email answer:

Thank you for your email about sending international text messages.

I can tell you that if you send a text from the UK to an O2 number abroad, then this would be deducted from your allowance. If you're sending the text to an international mobile number, then it would be chargeable.

If you're abroad, then you'd be charged for sending text back to the UK, as they don't come out of your allowance.

Thanks again for emailing us and if there's anything else that I can do for you, please reply to my email or visit our great online help centre

Kind regards

Karen
Team EC1
O2 Customer Service

jon_r_2

sign up to localphone they offer cheap texts and calls from your phone,they work in a similar way to 18185,i have used them for 3 months now,texts go through fine but call quality not quite as good as 18185. hope that helps

nsabournemouth

if you have upgraded over the past few days you have lost the 4 texts for 1mms and 4 texts for 1 text sent from abroad.

ivinsp

as far as I know this change doesn't affect old tariffs and if you upgrade you will loose the old tariff unless retentions keep you on the old tariff

Jack12345_2

Hey

I just send some texts to a friend in switzerland and i am on a special tarriff and I was just wondering how much i would be charged for the texts.

Techhead_2

Jack12345 wrote: »

Hey

I just send some texts to a friend in switzerland and i am on a special tarriff and I was just wondering how much i would be charged for the texts.

What is your tariff called? Or you can see the costs yourself at o2international.co.uk

macman

Jack12345 wrote: »

Hey

I just send some texts to a friend in switzerland and i am on a special tarriff and I was just wondering how much i would be charged for the texts.

No one can tell you that without knowing what kind of number you are sending to, Is it a Swiss mobile number or a UK mobile number roaming in Switzerland?
The latter is charged at your normal UK rate (or inclusive), the latter is not.
And what is your 'special tariff'?

GordonFlash

Hi everyone,

New here and just thought I share a trick I discovered for txting abroad. This works on O2 so I'm not sure if it will on other networks. When messaging abroad send MMS instead of txt, the system automatically takes 4 of your free txts regardless of where the MMS is being sent to. I text Germany and Sweden and can see on my online bill that I'm not being charged for the MMS messages.
hope it helps and works for everyone else

ivinsp

This may only work if you have a base amount of sms included in your unlimited package

GordonFlash

All monthly tariffs these days include different amount of free text, so yes it should work providing you have credit of free texts.