I'm sorting out PAYG SIM cards for future visitors, one of whom is from
Mexico.

I see from
http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/gener...ks.shop.sm065# -
- alias http://tinyurl.com/2v78e9 -- that it's not possible to text Mexico
from a Virgin mobile.

Does anyone know if there are any PAYG UK mobile networks that offer SMS to
Mexico?

Martin.


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On 2 Mar, 14:46, "Martin Sylvester" <remove-before-
flight__newsgro...@syl.gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm sorting out PAYG SIM cards for future visitors, one of whom is from
> Mexico.
>
> I see fromhttp://www.virginmobile.com/vm/genericContent.do?contentId=payasyougo...-
> - aliashttp://tinyurl.com/2v78e9-- that it's not possible to text Mexico
> from a Virgin mobile.
>
> Does anyone know if there are any PAYG UK mobile networks that offer SMS to
> Mexico?
>

sign up for one of the mobile Java programs that sends via data, like
smsbug, mobisms, voipbuster or vyke, costing 2 to a few cents, plus
about a penny data cost

On 2008-03-02, Martin Sylvester <remove-before-flight__newsgroups@syl.gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm sorting out PAYG SIM cards for future visitors, one of whom is from
> Mexico.
>
> I see from
> http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/gener...ks.shop.sm065# -
> - alias http://tinyurl.com/2v78e9 -- that it's not possible to text Mexico
> from a Virgin mobile.
>
> Does anyone know if there are any PAYG UK mobile networks that offer SMS to
> Mexico?

3 does, as long as the person you are trying to text isn't an Iusacell
customer. I've sent texts to a Telcel phone from a 3 phone.

T-Mobile seems to, though they just say "Mexico" and don't break it
out by carrier. I don't know whether that means "all carriers" or
"at least 1 carrier".

Dennis Ferguson

On 2008-03-03, Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote:
> On 2008-03-02, Martin Sylvester <remove-before-flight__newsgroups@syl.gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'm sorting out PAYG SIM cards for future visitors, one of whom is from
>> Mexico.
>>
>> I see from
>> http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/gener...ks.shop.sm065# -
>> - alias http://tinyurl.com/2v78e9 -- that it's not possible to text Mexico
>> from a Virgin mobile.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there are any PAYG UK mobile networks that offer SMS to
>> Mexico?
>
> 3 does, as long as the person you are trying to text isn't an Iusacell
> customer. I've sent texts to a Telcel phone from a 3 phone.
>
> T-Mobile seems to, though they just say "Mexico" and don't break it
> out by carrier. I don't know whether that means "all carriers" or
> "at least 1 carrier".

Actually, for the T-Mobile bit, there's another page with carriers and
they only list Iusacell. That's not so good, Iusacell only has a 5% share
of the market.

Dennis Ferguson

Very useful information. Thanks to andy and Dennis for their replies.

I can ask my visitor which network she might wish to text, and act
appropriately.

I'll also pass on the info about the SMS by data option, but if she ends up
borrowing my spare phone (if hers isn't tri-band), that won't work (it's a
Nokia 1100 -- no Java).

Martin.

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