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Hi, PLease can you advise me I'm on pay monthly £10.50 tarrif plus the bolt ons, when I type a long text message out it converts to multimedia message which then charges me, when I have unlimited texts, thank you

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perksie
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Best to break your texts in two parts under 160 characters as MMS are charged extra.

To support Disasters Emergency Committee: http://www.dec.org.uk/appeals text Nepal to 70000 to send £5

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Best to break your texts in two parts under 160 characters as MMS are charged extra.

To support Disasters Emergency Committee: http://www.dec.org.uk/appeals text Nepal to 70000 to send £5

Sky Unlimited Broadband - Windows 10 - Nexus 4 Android 5.1.1
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If you are using an android phone there are apps you can use which bypass this conversion process. Handcent or GoSMS are popular ones available off Google Play.
I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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