do anyone know of a prepaid cell that allows text to uk

[pothergavel 0]

When i'm in the States, I usually pick up a TracFone. The handsets are usually pretty poor, but they are only about $20.....try WalMart

Texts are definitely not a problem and you can call, and receive calls with the international option too. Easy peasy

[RGNSCOT 0]

HI BILL AND HAYLEY,

I have a virgin mobile pay as you go phone,... I bought it in walmart for $12 , put $20 on it and its good to go..

I txt my rellies in Scotland and they can txt me back

Heres the link.. there cheap, it only cost 20 cents to send one and 20 cent to get return txt.. hope this helps... aggybxx

http://www.virginmobileusa.com/phones/home.do

Totally OT, but... OMG -- Aggy!!! How ARE you? Missed you, girl.

AYE,... ITS ME HOW THE HECK ARE YE MAVEN...

i,m still around... just lurking behind the scenes..

too busy working ..not enough playing...

hope you are good .. i'll be back.. away to the doctors..

aggy b

[haleywynne 0]

Ash and I both have blackberry phones with internet plans...

Internet plan = unlimited blackberry messenger! My plan is $30 a month his is around the same but in pounds of course. We do a lot of texting though...

[Bob and Patricia 0]

I used to use an american cell to text but ask people to text back my uk cell. My UK cell still works here. I still get texts and free email and free mms on mine.

Ditto. I have AT&T here in the states for sending out texts ($.25 each) And a Vodaphone pre-paid UK SIM to receive texts at $.00 each.

Bob

[walls1010 3]

Im looking for a prepaid cell that i can use to text my kids in the uk,..please help, i just hope there is such a thing.

Try the website of Chikka.com you can send free text messages to their cellphone.

[Leenie 15]

When i'm in the States, I usually pick up a TracFone. The handsets are usually pretty poor, but they are only about $20.....try WalMart

Texts are definitely not a problem and you can call, and receive calls with the international option too. Easy peasy

A word about Tracfone, which is what I use in the states.

I had a Tracfone that could text to the UK, but when my service finally ran out, (while I was in the UK, coincidentally) I got a new Tracfone and found I can no longer send texts to the UK! Boo! I don't think they allow it anymore/on new phones.

[pothergavel 0]

When i'm in the States, I usually pick up a TracFone. The handsets are usually pretty poor, but they are only about $20.....try WalMart

Texts are definitely not a problem and you can call, and receive calls with the international option too. Easy peasy

A word about Tracfone, which is what I use in the states.

I had a Tracfone that could text to the UK, but when my service finally ran out, (while I was in the UK, coincidentally) I got a new Tracfone and found I can no longer send texts to the UK! Boo! I don't think they allow it anymore/on new phones.

You just have to reset the international calls and texts options is all.

The missus is still going strong with hers

[Leenie 15]

When i'm in the States, I usually pick up a TracFone. The handsets are usually pretty poor, but they are only about $20.....try WalMart

Texts are definitely not a problem and you can call, and receive calls with the international option too. Easy peasy

A word about Tracfone, which is what I use in the states.

I had a Tracfone that could text to the UK, but when my service finally ran out, (while I was in the UK, coincidentally) I got a new Tracfone and found I can no longer send texts to the UK! Boo! I don't think they allow it anymore/on new phones.

You just have to reset the international calls and texts options is all.

The missus is still going strong with hers

Ooh, thanks for the tip! I'm going to do it, then

[pothergavel 0]

Right, well even tho some of the missus texts come through (on Tracfone) some are starting to get lost in the wireless blue yonder.

We've emailed them and apparently "international texts are not permitted and can be seen as a violation of the terms of the agreement" or some other such nonsense. Anyway, we've used it alright for a while but it seems like new agreements (which I don't really understand as it's pre-pay) won't do the job.

I'll have a look for something else and see what I can find for you. Apologies for the (half) wrong info before

[Leenie 15]

Right, well even tho some of the missus texts come through (on Tracfone) some are starting to get lost in the wireless blue yonder.

We've emailed them and apparently "international texts are not permitted and can be seen as a violation of the terms of the agreement" or some other such nonsense. Anyway, we've used it alright for a while but it seems like new agreements (which I don't really understand as it's pre-pay) won't do the job.

I'll have a look for something else and see what I can find for you. Apologies for the (half) wrong info before

Oh my! A violation of terms, eh?

Well, in my case, they stopped going through completely after I got my new phone; I got an error message and everything. Oh well.

[pothergavel 0]

Right, well even tho some of the missus texts come through (on Tracfone) some are starting to get lost in the wireless blue yonder.

We've emailed them and apparently "international texts are not permitted and can be seen as a violation of the terms of the agreement" or some other such nonsense. Anyway, we've used it alright for a while but it seems like new agreements (which I don't really understand as it's pre-pay) won't do the job.

I'll have a look for something else and see what I can find for you. Apologies for the (half) wrong info before

Oh my! A violation of terms, eh?

Well, in my case, they stopped going through completely after I got my new phone; I got an error message and everything. Oh well.

Even after the email, our texts are still going through both from here to the US and back again......so i've no idea on this one!

[Bill and Hayley 0]

thankyou for all the info...its much appreciated. we just ended our contract phones which i used to text back home, hubby got a net 10 prepaid and when i looked through the booklet it says you can call international but not text as its a violation of the terms of the agreement...same as pothergavel said. so im gonna go with a virgin or t-mobile one. cheers all!!!

[pothergavel 0]

thankyou for all the info...its much appreciated. we just ended our contract phones which i used to text back home, hubby got a net 10 prepaid and when i looked through the booklet it says you can call international but not text as its a violation of the terms of the agreement...same as pothergavel said. so im gonna go with a virgin or t-mobile one. cheers all!!!

As I said tho, the missus texts are still coming through fine and she is receiving mine ok. The best plan is to text from the UK and then just use that to reply to each time

I laugh in the face of their violation!

Until it stops working, of course