Sending SMS from US to UK phone via web???

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Higgins - 22 Sep 2004 01:19 GMT

I'm going to France for 10 days and have rented a phone from a UK
company that uses the orange network. Is there a website where people
in the U.S. could go to text me easily and for free??? (I'll have a
number that goes 447795xxxxxx)

Only a couple of key people have the vaguest idea how to do this via
their own cell phones. For U.S. phones I often use the SMS part of
mobile.yahoo.com, but the U.K. equivalent wants to charge to send a
text. Thanks!

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Steve Terry - 22 Sep 2004 02:09 GMT

> I'm going to France for 10 days and have rented a phone from a UK
> company that uses the orange network. Is there a website where people
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> mobile.yahoo.com, but the U.K. equivalent wants to charge to send a
> text. Thanks!

Rent?
Wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to have bought a cheap
PAYT phone in France ?
Or at least a French Sim

Roaming on a rented UK phone in France doesn't make much sense to me

Steve Terry

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MANISH - 22 Sep 2004 07:56 GMT

> > I'm going to France for 10 days and have rented a phone from a UK
> > company that uses the orange network. Is there a website where people
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>
> Steve Terry

From web try www.cbfsms.com for sending text to UK phones.

OR register your phone on orange website and then from their also
people can send you text (if you can share your user name / password
with them)

Manish

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Ruari Callow - 22 Sep 2004 12:03 GMT

You could setup an account with VGSMail (www.vgsmail.com). Along with the
other VGSMail benefits (see the website) you can get an email2sms address
(not enabled by default but you can switch it on). People send to it via
email and it gets forwarded to your phone as a text. Each message you
receive will cost you 3.9 UK pence. Not free but not too pricy.

Steve (Terry) is right though. You should not have rented a phone. You
could have bought a local cheap PAYT phone and/or SIM card and saved
yourself some money.

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Higgins - 24 Sep 2004 19:22 GMT

> Steve (Terry) is right though. You should not have rented a phone. You
> could have bought a local cheap PAYT phone and/or SIM card and saved
> yourself some money.

Yeah, but I wanted to know the phone number BEFORE I left. The phone
rental is all of $3 a day. Thanks!

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Steve Terry - 24 Sep 2004 20:11 GMT

> > Steve (Terry) is right though. You should not have rented a phone. You
> > could have bought a local cheap PAYT phone and/or SIM card and saved
> > yourself some money.
>
> Yeah, but I wanted to know the phone number BEFORE I left. The phone
> rental is all of $3 a day. Thanks!

and what are the call costs?

You can buy UK and French PAYT Sims online with their numbers,
and have them shipped to the US or anywhere.

Steve Terry

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Higgins - 24 Sep 2004 19:26 GMT

> Steve (Terry) is right though. You should not have rented a phone. You
> could have bought a local cheap PAYT phone and/or SIM card and saved
> yourself some money.

Yeah, but I wanted to know the phone number BEFORE I left. The phone
rental is all of $3 a day. Thanks!

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Stuart Friedman - 26 Sep 2004 02:11 GMT

but what is the per minute rate?

>> Steve (Terry) is right though. You should not have rented a phone. You
>> could have bought a local cheap PAYT phone and/or SIM card and saved
>> yourself some money.
>
> Yeah, but I wanted to know the phone number BEFORE I left. The phone
> rental is all of $3 a day. Thanks!

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