A While ago I asked in this forum about the cost of a text to LOS and the charges that telesavers charge for a phone call. Jack said it cost about 24p for a text.

I had my bill a few days ago from Orange and the texts cost me 12.8p each and a 2 minute 8 second call with telesavers at 2p a minute cost, 26.7p, so they are charging roughly 24p a call, which is not to bad. Not sure if it goes up the longer you chat?

While I was talking to billing at Orange tonight about a query I had, the girl said ''I see you make a few calls and text to Thailand, would you like £5.00 free text and calls next month'' Thats service for you, never got that with Vodafone.

Ron

I've noticed the same on the last 2 bills. Orange have really done some work on the international aspect. Has got to help as they were starting to lag behind. Still a bit pricey if you use roaming,

Jack

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the texts cost me 12.8p each

Remember that this cost is exclusive of VAT. (i.e 15p each incl VAT). Only a little bit I know, but it soon adds up. International texts are not included in any text bundles.

Personally, I send quite a few texts everyday to the missus so to have them included as prt of my bundle, I did the following:
1. Got hold of old crappy phone.
2. Got hold of Orange Pay as you go SIM
3. Enabled International Roaming on SIM
4. Took SIM+phone out to missus on previous visit.

I can now text her and all texts are part of inclusive minutes (there's no incoming charge for texts from UK)

Only worthwhile if you send quite a few texts but I reckon it's worth it as there's no maintenance cost.

Packpao

P.S. I think the Orange PAYG SIM requires activity every 6 months so she just makes a local call on it.

Excuse my ignorance here Jack and packpao, but what is roaming?

Hi Ron

When you use your UK mobile abroad and pay sweetly for it Currently calls made in Thailand on a UK Orange phone are £1.30/min and £0.80/min to receive

Jack

Check http://www.ipipi.com for cheap reliable SMS, to virtually anywhere.

If you text quite regulary to LOS from the UK then why not consider this...I was being charged about 25p per txt on Orange. I found the cure was to give my other half an O2 sim card. Now to txt a UK sim in the LOS is included in your free text allowance (As its a UK mobile number) or at least chargeable as a UK text if you dont have free txt allowance.

Janner