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#3181737 14-Jan-2024 16:06

freitasm: First question to answer is which phones are used?

OK, just now been told by Linda that friend has 'an IPad' and her ISP is Spark. More than that, she doesn't know.

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#3181739 14-Jan-2024 16:10

And your wife is not using an iPhone, is that right?

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#3181743 14-Jan-2024 16:15

geekIT:

OK, just now been told by Linda that friend has 'an IPad' and her ISP is Spark. More than that, she doesn't know.

Totally understand about not wanting to cause pressure with "new", habits can be cosy.

For anyone following along:

Wife has Samsung A05, Android 13
Friend has Ipad

If both wife and friend have and use facebook accounts, the easiest switch would be to an app call facebook messenger.

If they don't there are loads of solutions but I will pick my two favourite/common used ones.

WhatsApp or Telegram both are pretty user friendly, I prefer Telegram as FaceBook's parent company Meta owns WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is more widely used however, so better chance for your wife or her friend having contacts that use it as well.

*Spark will be fine for your friend, any of the suggested apps will work with both wifi or moblie data aka any internet connect works. \

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additional edit added bonus all 3 apps can be used via phone/ipad as an app or there are web portals that can be used via windows 10 computer.
Facebook Messagener doesn't need to be installed on phone first, normal facebook works.
WhatsApp or Telegram would need to be set up on phone first

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#3181749 14-Jan-2024 16:55

Signal is really good and not a Meta service (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp).

You can have Signal on your phone or computer. Easy.

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#3181759 14-Jan-2024 17:06

freitasm: Signal is really good and not a Meta service (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp).

You can have Signal on your phone or computer. Easy.

Signal works too.

I didn't suggest it because I have had nofitication bugs, but that could be my specific phone issue rather than the app itself.

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#3181760 14-Jan-2024 17:08

If you bought the Galaxy A05 phone from The Warehouse / Warehouse Stationery / Noel Leeming in the last few months then you would have received a Warehouse Mobile $15 combo pack SIM plus a scratchy card you can redeem for $50 credit which could keep you connected for up to 6 months if you switch to the $9 combo plan (300 MB monthly rollover data) after the first month.

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#3181761 14-Jan-2024 17:13

incoming MMS / PXT the data should be zero rated by the carrier and even if the customer has zero $$ balance this should not impact it as well

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#3181764 14-Jan-2024 17:21

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incoming MMS / PXT the data should be zero rated by the carrier and even if the customer has zero $$ balance this should not impact it as well

So the MMS or APN settings on the receivers phone might not be set up correctly in this case?

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#3181765 14-Jan-2024 17:21

Linux:

incoming MMS / PXT the data should be zero rated by the carrier and even if the customer has zero $$ balance this should not impact it as well

Edit I am an idiot

Didn't know incoming MMS/PXT don't get charged the flat rate,

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#3181767 14-Jan-2024 17:24

This all sounds pretty good. Let's see if I have it right.

99% of the time that Linda is using her Samsung A05 phone, she's connected to our fibre LAN via wifi. Her mobile plan is a simple OneNZ pay-as you-go, rarely used except to receive photos from her friend, after which she disconnects and reverts to wifi.

Her friend, OTOH, is always online via her IPad and Spark mobile account.

So, both Linda and her friend could install the same app on their respective phones, which would then enable Linda to receive photos from friend without using her OneNZ pay-as-she-goes account. Correct?

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#3181768 14-Jan-2024 17:26

For sending, not receiving.

Back to OP, MMS is so expensive to send the friend should retching using it. Signal (or other IP-based service) is always better.

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#3181770 14-Jan-2024 17:27

geekIT:

So, both Linda and her friend could install the same app on their respective phones, which would then enable Linda to receive photos from friend without using her OneNZ pay-as-she-goes account. Correct?

Correct, as long as Linda is connected to the fibre LAN via wifi it will be free

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#3181771 14-Jan-2024 17:27

yitz:
Linux:

incoming MMS / PXT the data should be zero rated by the carrier and even if the customer has zero $$ balance this should not impact it as well

So the MMS or APN settings on the receivers phone might not be set up correctly in this case?

@yitz if they were not set correctly receiving or sending of MMS would not work at all

OneNZ has a new prepaid platform so if they are getting charged data for incoming MMS this needs to be looked into by the carrier