Texting the USA

[Anonymous]

I am having trouble texting the USA.
A friend in the US can  text me but I cant reply to her, I still get charged for the attempts and it looks like the text is sent but she never gets them.. can anyone help please.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi

Ask her if any issues exist on her network in the states.

Are your texts getting to everyone else ok.

Check your masts here http://status.o2.co.uk/

You may need to contact Cs to check your account.

[Anonymous]

This may not be the case but ensure she has not accidentally added your number to her blocked list in her phone.

[Anonymous]

Thanks will get her to check.. I was wondering if something on my phone was stoping calls to the US.. whe I was on Vodafone I had no trouble...

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

It's worth checking with CS to make sure international is enabled on your account although I doubt you would be getting charged if it wasn't.
It does sound like a potential blocked issue.
If you both have smartphones you can use BBM, facebook messenger or Whatsapp which will save you both the international costs and could be more reliable....

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Perhaps think about using Skype.

http://www.skype.com/en/what-is-skype/

[MI5]

or Viber http://www.viber.com/

[Anonymous]

Alternatively oovoo

http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

As you can see their are lots of options to circumvent the actual networks options.

Let us know how you get on.

[MI5]

Not to mention Kik, Line, Wrap Up, WeChat & Google Hangouts.

Chat On, KakaoTalk & Tango

[jonsie]

22 of rhe best to choose from......

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/10/18/best-mobile-messaging-apps/