Text messages to the UK.

sidneykidney

Ok you enlightend lot of AH can any one help.
i want a site that will give me free texts to the uk.
(mods i didnt know where to post this so i hope here will do)

biko

From what network to what network?

Terry

sidneykidney wrote: »

Ok you enlightend lot of AH can any one help.
i want a site that will give me free texts to the uk.
(mods i didnt know where to post this so i hope here will do)

I don't know one, but I will suggest that you do not google "free text messages to the UK" or something similar, unless you want your pc riddled with spyware.

tribulus

Maybe I'm missing something but can you not just use your free webtexts off your own network?

I could send mine to America and other places without any problems.

sidneykidney

From 087 to ehh i think she is 3mobile???

tribulus

Ah sorry, nevermind, I just realised I was texting 02/Meteor/Vodafone people while they were abroad.

biko

Here's what to do:
You register for free on vodafone.ie (300 free texts/ month).
She registers on her network free texts site.

You put your own number in your own online address book and give HER your login details. When she wants to text you she logs in to vodafone.ie and send a free texts to your phone, from your own website.

And the other way around...

gcgirl

biko wrote: »

Here's what to do:
You register for free on vodafone.ie (300 free texts/ month).
She registers on her network free texts site.

You put your own number in your own online address book and give HER your login details. When she wants to text you she logs in to vodafone.ie and send a free texts to your phone, from your own website.

And the other way around...

But then each will know who's phoning who!!

neacy69

gcgirl wrote: »

But then each will know who's phoning who!!

or texting even?

Sam Vimes

only o2's webtexts can be sent to foreign numbers. If you're texting an irish number that's abroad disregard this post because it doesn't cost you any more to text that person


if you get aft, you can send webtexts from your phone for about 2c. You can get it here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054984709

you fill in your phone number and password for the network site and it logs in to the site automatically and sends it. If you don't have an o2 number, you could buy a sim card for a tenner just for the webtexts and tell the person you're texting to text back your normal number

and if you're at a pc you can use the program that's linked to in my signature to make the process of sending a webtext a lot handier

@biko, i'm confused as to why they should use each other's accounts. why can't they use their own accounts if they're both irish numbers?

FunkZ

Just dump her! It's not worth the hassle.

Sam Vimes

neacy69 wrote: »

or texting even?

get back to work

Karoma

Thread moved from AH.

biko

Commander Vimes wrote: »

@biko, i'm confused as to why they should use each other's accounts. why can't they use their own accounts if they're both irish numbers?

She is on English Three and he on Irish Vodafone. If they both had Irish numbers it wouldn't be texting UK imo.

gcgirl, why would they not want that?

Sam Vimes

biko wrote: »

She is on English Three and he on Irish Vodafone. If they both had Irish numbers it wouldn't be texting UK imo.

gcgirl, why would they not want that?

ah i see what you mean. i missed the post where he said she's on 3 uk. i don't think 3 uk have webtexts. 3 ireland don't anyway.

foggy_lad

Commander Vimes wrote: »

only o2's webtexts can be sent to foreign numbers. If you're texting an irish number that's abroad disregard this post because it doesn't cost you any more to text that person


if you get aft, you can send webtexts from your phone for about 2c. You can get it here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054984709

you fill in your phone number and password for the network site and it logs in to the site automatically and sends it. If you don't have an o2 number, you could buy a sim card for a tenner just for the webtexts and tell the person you're texting to text back your normal number

and if you're at a pc you can use the program that's linked to in my signature to make the process of sending a webtext a lot handier

@biko, i'm confused as to why they should use each other's accounts. why can't they use their own accounts if they're both irish numbers?

is it secure giving out your number and account password in this way? leaves it wide open for whoever is running the servers to colllect numbers for marketing or other purposes

Sam Vimes

foggy_lad wrote: »

is it secure giving out your number and account password in this way? leaves it wide open for whoever is running the servers to colllect numbers for marketing or other purposes

its been up and running since august 2006 and no one's complained. the guy who wrote it gave it away for free for everyone's benefit. and if he did that he'd be liable for thousands in fines

when i wrote my similar program, i could have taken people's details but i didn't and they basically have to trust me on that. of course anyone that doesn't can download the code off the website themselves, read it to make sure the details aren't being sent anywhere except the network site and make their own exe

also, even if i did take their details, all i'd be able to do without having the law knocking on my door would be use up their webtexts. hardly a life destroying event