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lchiu7

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#74416 29-Dec-2010 20:35

I am travelling in the US at the moment and am using a local SIM card. I would prefer not to SMS from my local SIM but to use some sort of web to SMS service since the plan my SIM is on has data but no international SMS.

Does anybody know of a reliable (don't mind paying) site that can be used to send SMS to NZ cellphones, especially 2D since most of friends and family are on 2D? Does 2D have something like that which VF does?

Thanks

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johnr

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#422489 29-Dec-2010 21:42

Vodafone NZ have web2txt and free2txt

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lchiu7

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#422623 30-Dec-2010 13:26

Alas I am on 2D now so don't have a VF account even though I still have credit on the phone I cancelled. Maybe I should have kept a VF SIM going jist for that reason?

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old3eyes

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#422660 30-Dec-2010 16:38

I use these folks http://www.ipipi.com/

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Hiamie

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#422697 30-Dec-2010 19:03

Try the free service at http://websms.co.nz

lchiu7

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#422837 31-Dec-2010 04:28

Hiamie: Try the free service at http://websms.co.nz/

Tried that one but it doesn't seem to be able to send SMS to a phone that is roaming. This meant I could not get the validation SMS and therefore if I could send a SMS, it was limited to one an hour.

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Peppery

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#423730 3-Jan-2011 13:43

Skype offers SMS ability and even the option to show them as coming from your phone number, perfect solution?

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#424231 5-Jan-2011 12:50

+1 for skype

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Tarnz87

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#424728 6-Jan-2011 17:54

try smsfun.co.nz

openmedia

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#424766 6-Jan-2011 20:02

Another option is bulletin.net who are NZ based and can reach all local networks directly.

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