Cost of texts to Germany

"Peta" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>
> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>
> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
> while it is in Germany?


http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Sat...rg3=&x=37&y=10

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"Woody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Peta" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>>
>> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
>> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>>
>> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
>> while it is in Germany?
>
>
> http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Sat...rg3=&x=37&y=10

Incase the URL is broken, http://tinyurl.com/5yxn5f as it can happen in most
cases!

In article <[email protected]>, Peta
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>
> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>
> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
> while it is in Germany?

If you are both using phones with UK numbers then the answers are no
and no, regardless of which networks you are both on, and of which
country your friend is in!

You cannot be expected to know if a friend's phone is abroad or not, so
you will only ever pay the standard text rate.

Unlike with incoming calls, someone using a UK phone abroad has no
choice as to whether to accept an incoming text or not, so they will
not be charged.

On the other hand, if they choose to reply to you from abroad, they
will quite likely be charged around four times their standard text
rate.

Hope this helps.

Bob

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You cannot be expected to know if a friend's phone is abroad or not,
so
you will only ever pay the standard text rate.

Unlike with incoming calls, someone using a UK phone abroad has no
choice as to whether to accept an incoming text or not, so they will
not be charged.

On the other hand, if they choose to reply to you from abroad, they
will quite likely be charged around four times their standard text
rate.

Hope this helps.

Bob

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Computing Services, Mile End Campus | Fax +44 20 8980 2001
Queen Mary, University of London, U.K. | GSM +44 79 56 383659




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"Robert Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:190920080721575397%[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Peta
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>>
>> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
>> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>>
>> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
>> while it is in Germany?
>
> If you are both using phones with UK numbers then the answers are no
> and no, regardless of which networks you are both on, and of which
> country your friend is in!
>
> You cannot be expected to know if a friend's phone is abroad or not, so
> you will only ever pay the standard text rate.
>
> Unlike with incoming calls, someone using a UK phone abroad has no
> choice as to whether to accept an incoming text or not, so they will
> not be charged.

In most cases you have no choice about accepting an incoming call either -
even if you reject it it is usually diverted to voicemail and you pay a
double whammy charge for the incoming call and the voicemail diversion back
to the UK. The only solution is to turn off voicemail when roaming (usually
requiring a call to the service provider). Very few people are still aware
of this problem.

On 20 Sep, 12:16, "Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_nospam.com> wrote:
> "Robert Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:190920080721575397%[email protected]...
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article <[email protected]>, Peta
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>
> >> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
> >> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>
> >> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
> >> while it is in Germany?
>
> > If you are both using phones with UK numbers then the answers are no
> > and no, regardless of which networks you are both on, and of which
> > country your friend is in!
>
> > You cannot be expected to know if a friend's phone is abroad or not, so
> > you will only ever pay the standard text rate.
>
> > Unlike with incoming calls, someone using a UK phone abroad has no
> > choice as to whether to accept an incoming text or not, so they will
> > not be charged.
>
> In most cases you have no choice about accepting an incoming call either -
> even if you reject it it is usually diverted to voicemail and you pay a
> double whammy charge for the incoming call and the voicemail diversion back
> to the UK. The only solution is to turn off voicemail when roaming (usually
> requiring a call to the service provider). Very few people are still aware
> of this problem.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That depends on the network. Vodafone, O2 and Orange don't charge for
voicemail diverts at all when abroad anymore so its only a problem on
T-Mobile/Virgin.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 20 Sep, 12:16, "Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_nospam.com> wrote:
> > "Robert Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > news:190920080721575397%[email protected]...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > In article <[email protected]>, Peta
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
> >
> > >> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
> > >> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
> >
> > >> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
> > >> while it is in Germany?
> >
> > > If you are both using phones with UK numbers then the answers are no
> > > and no, regardless of which networks you are both on, and of which
> > > country your friend is in!
> >
> > > You cannot be expected to know if a friend's phone is abroad or not,
so
> > > you will only ever pay the standard text rate.
> >
> > > Unlike with incoming calls, someone using a UK phone abroad has no
> > > choice as to whether to accept an incoming text or not, so they will
> > > not be charged.
> >
> > In most cases you have no choice about accepting an incoming call
either -
> > even if you reject it it is usually diverted to voicemail and you pay a
> > double whammy charge for the incoming call and the voicemail diversion
back
> > to the UK. The only solution is to turn off voicemail when roaming
(usually
> > requiring a call to the service provider). Very few people are still
aware
> > of this problem.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> That depends on the network. Vodafone, O2 and Orange don't charge for
> voicemail diverts at all when abroad anymore so its only a problem on

I was told that on O2 I would be charged if I was roaming abroad and a call
was diverted to my voicemail.

Marcus

On 21 Sep, 23:31, "Marcus Fox" <please-reply-via-newsgroup...@-i-
posted-to.com> wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:21d1a272-90cd-4998-9e13-9d56b5c896cd@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 20 Sep, 12:16, "Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_nospam.com> wrote:
> > > "Robert Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > >news:190920080721575397%[email protected]...
>
> > > > In article <[email protected]>, Peta
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > >> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>
> > > >> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
> > > >> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>
> > > >> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
> > > >> while it is in Germany?
>
> > > > If you are both using phones with UK numbers then the answers are no
> > > > and no, regardless of which networks you are both on, and of which
> > > > country your friend is in!
>
> > > > You cannot be expected to know if a friend's phone is abroad or not,
> so
> > > > you will only ever pay the standard text rate.
>
> > > > Unlike with incoming calls, someone using a UK phone abroad has no
> > > > choice as to whether to accept an incoming text or not, so they will
> > > > not be charged.
>
> > > In most cases you have no choice about accepting an incoming call
> either -
> > > even if you reject it it is usually diverted to voicemail and you pay a
> > > double whammy charge for the incoming call and the voicemail diversion
> back
> > > to the UK. The only solution is to turn off voicemail when roaming
> (usually
> > > requiring a call to the service provider). Very few people are still
> aware
> > > of this problem.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > That depends on the network. Vodafone, O2 and Orange don't charge for
> > voicemail diverts at all when abroad anymore so its only a problem on
>
> I was told that on O2 I would be charged if I was roaming abroad and a call
> was diverted to my voicemail.
>
> Marcus- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I had a text a few months ago saying that they'd stopped charging
now...haven't actually tried though so you may be right?!

Orange and Vodafone definitely don't charge though.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> I'm on a regular Orange plan and ISTR I pay 10p a text.
>
> Does it cost any extra to send a text from my Orange handset to my
> friend's Orange handset which is currently in Germany?
>
> Does my friend's Orange phone incur a charge for receiving the text
> while it is in Germany?

No to both.
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