[granville]

Hi there, wonder you guys how to send SMS to your friends mobiles (overseas). Would like to keep close contact with my friends in Australia and had used the SMS.ac features (sending message thro' web to their mobile instantly). In vain not succcessful. Does anybody outthere have used this kind of technology coz so far I can't manage how it works. thx

[neither3nor4]

Whay don't you use your phone? If for example your Australian friend's mobile number is 0402 xxx xxx, then sms to +61402xxxxxx . They will see your number as +852xxxxxxxx .

[discobay]

I think granville wants to keep costs down by using a web-based sms utility.

[dropdedfwed]

as far as i know most mobile companies only let u do local web to text (internet to SMS), not international.

[mercury_element]

Originally Posted by dropdedfwed

as far as i know most mobile companies only let u do local web to text (internet to SMS), not international.

web can also be used to send international messages. i am sure because i do that. though i agree this facility is not available in all countries.
u can try using yahoo messanger for sending sms. but the the person receiving will be charged for that.

[dropdedfwed]

Originally Posted by mercury_element

web can also be used to send international messages. i am sure because i do that. though i agree this facility is not available in all countries.
u can try using yahoo messanger for sending sms. but the the person receiving will be charged for that.

really? which company do u use to do that?? What are the charges?

in the past i have had lots of problems even sending SMS form Oz to HK. it depends on which carrier your mobile phone co sleeps with in the other country. from Oz "3" wont send SMS to Peoples etc, but will send ok to SmarTone etc... also Peoples would not send to "3", and nor would SmarTone more than half the time.

[dwaindibbley]

I used to send quite a lot of SMS's using my phone, but at 3HK$ each International SMS it was a lot. For example, you can have an unlimited conversation using 0088 (fixed line), or if you have say 2Meg data option (3G), thats a lot of ICQ/MSN messages. I gave up trying any Web based SMS.

[discobay]

CSL'S One2Free have a monthly sms plan that costs HKD19.00 for which you can send 20 international or 60 local messages.

[angiebaby80]

peoples network does hk$1 per international text messages...cheap as chips..

[dropdedfwed]

i'm back and forth from HK to Oz. i carry a HK stored value SIM, my wife SMS's that (free if same network, or local SMS at worst) and i reply from Aussie mobile (standard SMS charge 20c each even international, still dearer than HK but best in Oz). Means i carry 2 fones, but since both small, and it saves us half of our previous fone bill, it small sacrifice... oh, and in Oz i have the car, so i dont care how much i carry around!

most likely there is a better solution, but at present i dont have the time or energy to find it!