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| Thread ID: 150797 | 2022-07-19 03:50:00 | Very basic txting question | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1487470 | 2022-07-19 03:50:00 | If I want to send a text to someone in the UK (i.e. with a UK phone and number), how do I set up the call: Do I just add the UK country code on the front of the number? Do I have to add "00" as well? How much is it likely to cost? TIA |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1487471 | 2022-07-19 07:05:00 | Hi Tony . cost would depend on your plan with your mobile provider. -I guess very expensive. I would check with UK person (presumably you are in regular email contact) if they are on VIber or Whats App or other Free message service. Both of you have to be on the same platform. Our family uses one to speak with daughter in USA-nil cost |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1487472 | 2022-07-19 07:26:00 | +44 then the local code less the first zero. My Mums code is 01303 then her number so it becomes +441303. For my sister I always use Whatsapp as it goes through the home wifi but you can use Viber, Telegram, Messenger from Farcebook but as Neil says they also need to be using the same as you. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1487473 | 2022-07-19 08:09:00 | If your contact in the UK doesn't have access to those internet-based services, then sending texts probably isn't that bad. On 2degrees prepay, simple texts to anywhere seem to cost 20¢ if they're not covered by your plan. Check with whoever you're with to confirm, and remember that if you add photos, then the TXT becomes an MMS, which is another story... | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 1487474 | 2022-07-19 09:39:00 | Thanks everyone. So all I enter is +44&local code&actual number. - right? Its all a bit messy because I'm wanting to contact my adult niece who is in hospital and presumably (according to her mother) only has phone access. It has just occurred to me that she may actually have email access on her phone, which would be much easier for me - I'll check with my sister. Afterthought - if it is a text, why does it need a local code? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1487475 | 2022-07-19 19:26:00 | Ah actually no it won't so if her cell no was 027555555 it would be come +4427555555 in both scenarios the first 0 always disappears. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1487476 | 2022-07-19 20:13:00 | Ah actually no it won't so if her cell no was 027555555 it would be come +4427555555 in both scenarios the first 0 always disappears. That makes sense. I'll give it a go. Thanks. And she doesn't have access to email. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1487477 | 2022-07-19 21:30:00 | she doesn't have access to email. Even my mum has email. She doesn't actually use it herself, but you need an email address for all sorts of things: Logging into dr, WINZ and so on. I print them off for her. If this person has a ph can she not set up a gmail on it? |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1487478 | 2022-07-19 21:35:00 | Even my mum has email. She doesn't actually use it herself, but you need an email address for all sorts of things: Logging into dr, WINZ and so on. I print them off for her. If this person has a ph can she not set up a gmail on it? The issue is that my niece is in hospital and quite ill, and my sister is a bit tech-challenged, so I am having to take her word for stuff. It does surprise me that my niece has no email access on her phone. She does have a gmail account. I might try sending her an email and seeing if I get a response. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1487479 | 2022-07-19 22:22:00 | I text my sister in Sydney fairly often, sometimes the text can take hours before she gets it but in the end she does. Doesn't cost anything besides the normal text charge within NZ. What Gary is saying is how I construct the number for my sister. |
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