Text Messaging in Italy

When my daughter went on a school trip to France a couple of years ago,
one of the students who went on the trip was able to text message back
home to North Carolina for no additional charge. How? I took my phone to
NYC and was charged $3 a day without even receiving any calls. As I
understand it, if the phone is forwarded to voice mail, text messaging
still works, but the local company does not charge for "finding" you. I
assume that forwarding is activated on the US server, so the call really
does not go to the cell phone.

I have two kids leaving for Italy on Monday and would VERY much love to
have someone explain to me whether they should try to text message from
there. We'd have to get a world phone, but I can probably borrow one. I
surely don't want to end up with a gigantic phone bill if I do it wrong.
According the Cingular's web site, Italy is $1.19 per minute.

Help, please!

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I was in Rome in October and text msg didnt cost me any extra. I may
be wrong but i thought I read somewhere there may be a small surcharge
added now however.

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:12:18 -0400, mcp6453 <[email protected]>
said:

>When my daughter went on a school trip to France a couple of years ago,
>one of the students who went on the trip was able to text message back
>home to North Carolina for no additional charge. How? I took my phone to
>NYC and was charged $3 a day without even receiving any calls. As I
>understand it, if the phone is forwarded to voice mail, text messaging
>still works, but the local company does not charge for "finding" you. I
>assume that forwarding is activated on the US server, so the call really
>does not go to the cell phone.
>
>I have two kids leaving for Italy on Monday and would VERY much love to
>have someone explain to me whether they should try to text message from
>there. We'd have to get a world phone, but I can probably borrow one. I
>surely don't want to end up with a gigantic phone bill if I do it wrong.
>According the Cingular's web site, Italy is $1.19 per minute.
>
>Help, please!

[email protected] wrote:
>
> I was in Rome in October and text msg didnt cost me any extra. I may
> be wrong but i thought I read somewhere there may be a small surcharge
> added now however.


My kids are now in Italy, and the phone does not show a signal in Lido.
This phone has been used all over the UK and France. Shouldn't it work
in Italy? It is definitely a world phone. The SIM card is from a
US-based phone.

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:29:53 GMT, mcp6453 <[email protected]>
said:

>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>> I was in Rome in October and text msg didnt cost me any extra. I may
>> be wrong but i thought I read somewhere there may be a small surcharge
>> added now however.
>
>
>My kids are now in Italy, and the phone does not show a signal in Lido.
>This phone has been used all over the UK and France. Shouldn't it work
>in Italy? It is definitely a world phone. The SIM card is from a
>US-based phone.

Depends on if there is cellular service in the area and if Cingular is
contracted with the local provider.

[email protected] wrote:
>
> On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:29:53 GMT, mcp6453 <[email protected]>
> said:
>
> >[email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >> I was in Rome in October and text msg didnt cost me any extra. I may
> >> be wrong but i thought I read somewhere there may be a small surcharge
> >> added now however.
> >
> >
> >My kids are now in Italy, and the phone does not show a signal in Lido.
> >This phone has been used all over the UK and France. Shouldn't it work
> >in Italy? It is definitely a world phone. The SIM card is from a
> >US-based phone.
>
> Depends on if there is cellular service in the area and if Cingular is
> contracted with the local provider.


The phone was not switched to 900/1800. All is well now. Thanks.

>The phone was not switched to 900/1800. All is well now. Thanks.
>

Must have a Motorola peice of junk.

All other phones switch automatically.

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