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MajB1
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on ‎27-10-2018 10:31

on ‎27-10-2018 10:31

Does anyone know if there is a character limit on a text sent to Ireland. Thanks
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‎27-10-2018 10:38 - edited ‎27-10-2018 10:38

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One text is 160 characters regardless of where it's sent to. Often phones will combine 3 texts to give 480 characters before converting to an MMS message.
https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/How-to-Guides/Accidental-MMS-Sending-and-How-to-Avoid-it/ba-p/1014132

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‎27-10-2018 10:38 - edited ‎27-10-2018 10:38

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One text is 160 characters regardless of where it's sent to. Often phones will combine 3 texts to give 480 characters before converting to an MMS message.
https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/How-to-Guides/Accidental-MMS-Sending-and-How-to-Avoid-it/ba-p/1014132

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on ‎28-10-2018 20:00

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Thanks for the response. If that’s the case it looks like I may have been over charged for some of my texts... I will look into it further.
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on ‎28-10-2018 20:05

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@MajB1

 

If you exceed the 160 limit (say for example your text came out at 200 characters including spaces) it would likely count as two texts.

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@MajB1 wrote:
Thanks for the response. If that’s the case it looks like I may have been over charged for some of my texts... I will look into it further.

No problem. Hopefully all explained in the link above for you?

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