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Free sms from Russia to the UK anyone?
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Posted by: Doug in Devon

Does anyone know of a free text service from Russia to the UK?

I can text Olga for free (from my pc) but we can't find a free service for olga to text back, apart from 30 free texts a month on Orange.

Posted by: bingism

I've not heard of it being possible for some time now

There used to be sites that did it in the advent of SMS, but not now... it will be the same in Russia soon (they are following the same business model). However, I just bought a new SIM card with MTS (MTC) and it costs be 85 kopeks a message to the UK (£0.017)... not so bad

Also, it's cheaper than the 15r an hour that it costs to log onto the net at home (£0.30 = 17 messages)

Posted by: Doug in Devon

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingism

I've not heard of it being possible for some time now

Also, it's cheaper than the 15r an hour that it costs to log onto the net at home (Ł0.30 = 17 messages)

Thanks bing, that's a cracking deal

Posted by: youlek

I haven't heard about it either.
come on, one sms costs a rouble. I don't think it is much.

Posted by: sga

The cheapest sms on mts cost 1.65 rubl at new red_txt tariff, look at the http://www1.mtsgsm.com/
To send txt abroad cost me 3,45 rubl per txt. 1 rubl its price per txt over russia. I always send lots of txt abroad so link at the net to txt for free would b very useful.

Posted by: Leprechaun

http://www.cbfsms.com/

does that work?

Posted by: Doug in Devon

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Originally Posted by Leprechaun

http://www.cbfsms.com/

does that work?

Cheers I'll let you know if this works or not
Doug

Posted by: youlek

any way, I don't understand.
Even if she uses that site, she'll pay for the Internet.
Of course if it is not limited, than it is fine.
But if she pays for every bite, she'll pay more money than if she sent sms through a mobile

Posted by: Leprechaun

She can send free SMS while picking up her mail.

Posted by: youlek

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Originally Posted by Leprechaun

She can send free SMS while picking up her mail.

Just be careful, if she pays for every Internet bite, than it'll be less expensive to use a mobile for sms (because when you open a site, you receive a lot of bites)
what provider does she have? I'll try to find the site so you could send unlimited free sms to her

Posted by: Doug in Devon

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Originally Posted by Doug in Devon

Cheers I'll let you know if this works or not
Doug

Just to let you know that it didn't work.
But it was worth a go - Cheers

Posted by: New member

Thanx youlek, Leprechaun and everyone. I'm new on this forum..)
I have unlimited internet and spend lots of time at the net so it would b useful to txt for free. I always txt a lot using just mobile phone, my operator is beeline but that would b great to find service to txt using the net. http://www.cbfsms.com/ - that one doesnt work, i tryed it before many times. I found the same subject on the other forum. Someone told me they use http://uk.mobi.dada.net/index.php this page. but it got 5 free txt per day.lol I wonder if the unlimited txt for free exist.
youlek, thanks u for time on this matter, Doug can txt me for free using the net, just i cant.

Posted by: youlek

Hello new member, nice to meet you.
it is a pity that the site didn't work.
I remember I sent free sms to the UK, but it was so long time ago that I don't remember the site.
If you have unlimited Internet (I envy you), try to search how to send free sms to the UK.
I tired to find a site to send free sms to Spain, all I found was free sms to the UK

Posted by: Leprechaun

Quote:

Originally Posted by youlek

What????

a web text is a few bytes, nothing to even think about.

Nobody pays for bytes from the internet its all about mins or MB's on broadband if you go over your limit.

Posted by: bingism

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

What????

a web text is a few bytes, nothing to even think about.

Nobody pays for bytes from the internet its all about mins or MB's on broadband if you go over your limit.

not here dude... it's calculated by the bit... can you believe it!

Posted by: Leprechaun

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Originally Posted by bingism

not here dude... it's calculated by the bit... can you believe it!

Where are you mars?

Bits????? a bit is a "."

this message cost me $0.50

Posted by: EasyTarget

New Member:
If you tell us the name of the mobile provider that you are trying to send SMS to, then we can help you find their website and free unlimited SMS messages.

or you can search on google for the name of the mobile provider, search around and most likely you can find the webpage.

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by youlek

Hello new member, nice to meet you.
it is a pity that the site didn't work.
I remember I sent free sms to the UK, but it was so long time ago that I don't remember the site.
If you have unlimited Internet (I envy you), try to search how to send free sms to the UK.
I tired to find a site to send free sms to Spain, all I found was free sms to the UK

yes, youlek, nice to meet you too. I was sending a free txt as well at Callwave http://www.callwave.com/sms/sms.asp But some time ago it stop works. So i still cant find any service like that again.. I'll keep trying, thanx)

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

New Member:
If you tell us the name of the mobile provider that you are trying to send SMS to, then we can help you find their website and free unlimited SMS messages.

or you can search on google for the name of the mobile provider, search around and most likely you can find the webpage.

EasyTarget,thank you. Mobile provider is Orange. I have Orange sim card and can use 30 free txt per month on the orange website but thats all.
I was trying google search but without any luck.

Posted by: youlek

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

What????

a web text is a few bytes, nothing to even think about.

Nobody pays for bytes from the internet its all about mins or MB's on broadband if you go over your limit.

I have such Internet at work. We pay for every sent and received byte. So I can tell you if I open and do some surf on a site I pay for it 2-4 rubles, that's more expensive than just to send an sms from a cell

Posted by: EasyTarget

Quote:

EasyTarget,thank you. Mobile provider is Orange. I have Orange sim card and can use 30 free txt per month on the orange website but thats all.
I was trying google search but without any luck.

Whoops! I should have also asked you which country are you sending the SMS to. Orange is located in numerous countries.

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

Whoops! I should have also asked you which country are you sending the SMS to. Orange is located in numerous countries.

Orange, UK.

Posted by: Leprechaun

this webpage is 161,887 bytes

How much does this cost you?

Posted by: youlek

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

this webpage is 161,887 bytes

How much does this cost you?

It is just to open. Wjile it is open, different ads and pics take bytes, as long as you keep this page open it takes bytes.
I hate this type of Internet, because it limits you.

Posted by: Leprechaun

I didnt even thing of ads, some of those are really, heavy, you need an ad blocker and more.

In this day and age that is one of the biggest internet rip offs.

about 4 years ago my net was 1p per min, my phone bill was sky high every month, so I can kinda understand.

Posted by: EasyTarget

Quote:

Orange, UK.

Sorry new member, it appears that Orange UK is not so friendly. The only way to send SMS's through through their website is to be an Orange UK subscriber.

I looked at a bunch of other options but they all appear to be rip-offs, like charging the receiver of the SMS 1.00 pound to read the SMS.

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by youlek

It is just to open. Wjile it is open, different ads and pics take bytes, as long as you keep this page open it takes bytes.
I hate this type of Internet, because it limits you.

wow. I had such as internet few years ago. I can understand thats not nice at all.

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

Sorry new member, it appears that Orange UK is not so friendly. The only way to send SMS's through through their website is to be an Orange UK subscriber.

I looked at a bunch of other options but they all appear to be rip-offs, like charging the receiver of the SMS 1.00 pound to read the SMS.

Thank u, EasyTarget, for the info. I'll keep looking.

Posted by: youlek

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wow. I had such as internet few years ago. I can understand thats not nice at all.

You are lucky to get rid of it.
My home Internet is per time, so now I prefer this one

Posted by: bingism

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

Where are you mars?

Bits????? a bit is a "."

this message cost me $0.50

hehe... OK... the byte... I dunno, wot's an English teacher to do these days?! It's hard enough keeping up with the ins and outs of everyday grammar, let alone all this technical mumbo jumbo

lol

Posted by: youlek

http://www.icc-al.org/links/sms/spain.htm
I dont know if it works
there are different countires

Posted by: youlek

http://freebiesms.com/default.aspx
now you must find a site from which i could send free sms to spain

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by youlek

http://www.icc-al.org/links/sms/spain.htm
I dont know if it works
there are different countires

This one isnt work to orange UK http://www.uk.orange.net/register/index.html

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by youlek

http://freebiesms.com/default.aspx
now you must find a site from which i could send free sms to spain

i'll let you know if i can find but I keep using a cell phone to txt and sometimes a skype msg.

Posted by: rafiq

no spamming

Posted by: New member

Quote:

Originally Posted by youlek

http://freebiesms.com/default.aspx
now you must find a site from which i could send free sms to spain

http://freebiesms.com/ not a free one. Asked the recipient to pay for read a txt.

Posted by: EasyTarget

I don't know why I didn't think about this before but you can send the person an email to their mobile.

Here is a website that lists almost all mobile phone carriers.

http://www.avtech.com/Support/Email/Email_A.htm
and for orange in the UK
http://www.avtech.com/Support/Email/Email_O.htm
I am not exactly sure which one it is.
where it says <10-digit-number> just put their mobile number without the country code information and it should work.

Let me know.