orange costs abroad?

On Apr 22, 8:52 pm, dirt dibbler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can't find any useful answers on the orange website, maybe someone
> can help?
>
> I'm on Orange dolphin £35/month. 300 mins, 400 SMS.
>
> If I travel abroad (to Russia) the orange website tells me SMS will be
> 50p (phew!) How is this charged?
> Do I get 4 or 5 SMS taken off my allowance for each I send or just
> charged 50p each time?
>
> Also, is it possible to find the cost of sending an SMS to a Russian
> mobile from the UK and the cost of sending an SMS to a Russian mobile
> with my phone in Russia?
>
> Any help or useful website for answers greatly appreciated.
> Is this info. deliberately difficult to find?
>
> DD

Look at various mobile Java clients that send via wap/gprs - smsbug,
mobisms, vgsmail, vyke and voipbuster. Vyke is cheap at 2 cents,
though I haven't discovered yet whether Voipbuster's free 250 a month
to your home country still applies when roaming

then you'll just pay Orange the roaming cost of under 2k of data

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dirt dibbler wrote:

> I can't find any useful answers on the orange website, maybe someone
> can help?
>
> I'm on Orange dolphin £35/month. 300 mins, 400 SMS.
>
> If I travel abroad (to Russia) the orange website tells me SMS will be
> 50p (phew!) How is this charged?
> Do I get 4 or 5 SMS taken off my allowance for each I send or just
> charged 50p each time?
>
> Also, is it possible to find the cost of sending an SMS to a Russian
> mobile from the UK and the cost of sending an SMS to a Russian mobile
> with my phone in Russia?
>
> Any help or useful website for answers greatly appreciated.
> Is this info. deliberately difficult to find?
>
> DD

On the same note I am off to Spain for a week soon and although I am
looking forward to a week away from phone calls this is the first time
I am leaving my teenage kids at home. (18 & 18)

I could do with a way of being available for emergencies (for example;
"Where are the toilet rolls kept? How do we turn a light off? Do we
have any more paper plates? etc etc)

Is there a way to use a mobile abroad (Orange-contract) without having
to take out another mortgage?

Thanks

Mark F

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"Mark Ford" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> On the same note I am off to Spain for a week soon and although I am
> looking forward to a week away from phone calls this is the first time
> I am leaving my teenage kids at home. (18 & 18)
>
> I could do with a way of being available for emergencies (for example;
> "Where are the toilet rolls kept? How do we turn a light off? Do we
> have any more paper plates? etc etc)
>
> Is there a way to use a mobile abroad (Orange-contract) without having
> to take out another mortgage?
>
Get them to text you, and text back. Keep voice calls for absolute emergencys.

Phil

Phil<[email protected]> writes:

> "Mark Ford" <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > On the same note I am off to Spain for a week soon and although I am
> > looking forward to a week away from phone calls this is the first time
> > I am leaving my teenage kids at home. (18 & 18)
> >
> > I could do with a way of being available for emergencies (for example;
> > "Where are the toilet rolls kept? How do we turn a light off? Do we
> > have any more paper plates? etc etc)
> >
> > Is there a way to use a mobile abroad (Orange-contract) without having
> > to take out another mortgage?
> >
> Get them to text you, and text back. Keep voice calls for absolute emergencys.
I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK. You need to contact
Orange CS to get this enabled on you account, I can't remember the magic word
that orange use. It will stop you being charged roaming rates for calls which
go to voicemail.

HTH Phil

Phil wrote:

> Phil<[email protected]> writes:
>
> > "Mark Ford" <[email protected]> writes:
> > >
> > > On the same note I am off to Spain for a week soon and although I
> > > am looking forward to a week away from phone calls this is the
> > > first time I am leaving my teenage kids at home. (18 & 18)
> > >
> > > I could do with a way of being available for emergencies (for
> > > example; "Where are the toilet rolls kept? How do we turn a light
> > > off? Do we have any more paper plates? etc etc)
> > >
> > > Is there a way to use a mobile abroad (Orange-contract) without
> > > having to take out another mortgage?
> > >
> > Get them to text you, and text back. Keep voice calls for absolute
> > emergencys.
> I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK. You need to
> contact Orange CS to get this enabled on you account, I can't
> remember the magic word that orange use. It will stop you being
> charged roaming rates for calls which go to voicemail.
>
> HTH Phil

Thanks Phil - appreciate your help & advice

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Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
: I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK. You need to contact
: Orange CS to get this enabled on you account, I can't remember the magic word
: that orange use. It will stop you being charged roaming rates for calls which
: go to voicemail.

I am pretty postive that Orannge sorted this one out several years ago and it
is no longer necessary to do this! There was a post some time back on this
issue which I can (probably) locate if required.

"Brian McIlwrath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> : I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK.

> I am pretty postive that Orannge sorted this one out several years ago and
> it
> is no longer necessary to do this! There was a post some time back on this
> issue which I can (probably) locate if required.

Yes, I'm with you on this. If it gets diverted to voicemail when roaming you
don't get charged.
You do however get charged the rip-off rate to retrieve your voicemail.
Maybe leave a message to say 'I'm not gonna answer you'.

Alternatively, leave a message to say your two teenage kids are home alone
and are having a 'wild party' (sorry can't remember the 'hip' word for it)
and everyone is welcome! ;-)


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J B

Brian McIlwrath <[email protected]> writes:

> Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
> : I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK. You need to contact
> : Orange CS to get this enabled on you account, I can't remember the magic word
> : that orange use. It will stop you being charged roaming rates for calls which
> : go to voicemail.
>
> I am pretty postive that Orannge sorted this one out several years ago and it
> is no longer necessary to do this! There was a post some time back on this
> issue which I can (probably) locate if required.

It was not sorted in August last year, I was on orange up until December,
I got orange to add the option to turn off divert if not answered just before
I took the phone abroad in September. They sent me some SIM updates to get it
to work.

The option is not available to PAYG customers, so if you don't answer, or
you reject a call, the caller can talk out your credit.

Phil

Phil<[email protected]> writes:
>
> It was not sorted in August last year, I was on orange up until December,
> I got orange to add the option to turn off divert if not answered just before
And I've just tried cancelling diverts on my t-mobile phone, and it is broken
there as well.

Phil

Brian McIlwrath <[email protected]> writes:

> Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
> : I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK. You need to contact
> : Orange CS to get this enabled on you account, I can't remember the magic word
> : that orange use. It will stop you being charged roaming rates for calls which
> : go to voicemail.
>
> I am pretty postive that Orannge sorted this one out several years ago and it
> is no longer necessary to do this! There was a post some time back on this
> issue which I can (probably) locate if required.

Not sure I would trust it, see here
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi...49,48922,#roam

Phil

"Brian McIlwrath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
> : I forgot, turn off all diverts BEFORE you leave the UK. You need to
> contact
> : Orange CS to get this enabled on you account, I can't remember the magic
> word
> : that orange use. It will stop you being charged roaming rates for calls
> which
> : go to voicemail.
>
> I am pretty postive that Orannge sorted this one out several years ago and
> it
> is no longer necessary to do this! There was a post some time back on this
> issue which I can (probably) locate if required.

I'm 100% positive that Orange sorted this one out several years ago. "Double
billing" no longer exists so far as Orange roamers are concerned. A few
minutes on Google turned up the following post, which supports my
experience.

http://tinyurl.com/2hzy2s

Regards

Jon.

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I can confirm that you do not get charged for VM left when roaming. I am
based in the US (family is in UK), and I had an orange payg sim up until
lastyear. It roams here and have never been charged for messages that
rolled to VM even while the phone is on. My family leave msgs for me on
the phone, and I just check it from here by calling the orange answer
phone line or whatever it's called.




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