So many variables so I am not sure what to check.

I am currently roaming in the US on AT&T. I don't want to send SMS from my phone (80c/text) so I have another phone with a local SIM card. But even then T-Mobile will charge US20c for each international text.

Being so cheap I thought I would use my broadband allowance to send text via www.websms.co.nz. But I cannot register my phone since the text back never arrives and when I try the unverified send I never receive the text here.

So the questions are

1. Is roaming working okay? I recall when I turned on my phone at San Francisco airport I got the welcome message from 2D but who knows where that originates from

2. Is the websms gateway working. I guess I need to find somebody at home to try sending me a SMS from a real phone.

The phone does show AT&T and 2degrees as the networks.

Any ideas anybody?

Thanks