Cheapest International SMS for Prepaid

[Ext User(Shiha'b Azimullah)]

Hi Guys,

I am after a prepaid plan with the cheapest SMS.

I have a business mobile which I use for everything but I need to make
a lot of personal international SMSes.

So I got a prepaid Optus sim recently in but sms are around 35c plus i
think in the other optus prepaid plans like turbocharge u cant use the
extra credits towards international sms.


Any ideas on which carrier/plan to try?

thanks

[Ext User([BnH])]

Where to ?

3 and Virgin has the cheapest SMS rate around but whether it reached your
destination in time or not, that's another question :)

I found Vodafone is very reliable @ 25c / sms iirc.

=bob=

"Shiha'b Azimullah" <saz@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am after a prepaid plan with the cheapest SMS.
>
> I have a business mobile which I use for everything but I need to make
> a lot of personal international SMSes.
>
> So I got a prepaid Optus sim recently in but sms are around 35c plus i
> think in the other optus prepaid plans like turbocharge u cant use the
> extra credits towards international sms.
>
>
> Any ideas on which carrier/plan to try?
>
> thanks

[Ext User(Giles)]

> I am after a prepaid plan with the cheapest SMS.
> [snip]
> So I got a prepaid Optus sim recently in but sms are around 35c plus i
> think in the other optus prepaid plans like turbocharge u cant use the
> extra credits towards international sms.

The 4 free daily credits are for national SMS only, but your $120/$250
credit should be fine to use for international SMS.

Don't forget, even though international SMS costs 35c, the value of
your recharge is actually up to 4 or 5 times the face value. That is,
if you account for the inflated value of a 'turbo' recharge, your
international SMS should only cost you 8.75c ($30/$120 recharge) or 7c
($50/$250 recharge).

[Ext User(Jason)]

"Shiha'b Azimullah" <saz@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> I am after a prepaid plan with the cheapest SMS.

For international, Revtel charge 20c per SMS, and even with their 15c
per day 'access fee' you'll probably still come out ahead...

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Cheers,

Jason.

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[Ext User(Jason)]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:04:30 +1000, "[BnH]" <b18[at]ii[dot]net> wrote:

>"Shiha'b Azimullah" <saz@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
>news:42eb3257.17431304@news-server...
>> I am after a prepaid plan with the cheapest SMS.
>>
>> I have a business mobile which I use for everything but I need to make
>> a lot of personal international SMSes.
>>
>> So I got a prepaid Optus sim recently in but sms are around 35c plus i
>> think in the other optus prepaid plans like turbocharge u cant use the
>> extra credits towards international sms.
>> Any ideas on which carrier/plan to try?

>Where to ?

Erm, 'international' destinations like the subject indicates!

>3 and Virgin has the cheapest SMS rate around but whether it reached your
>destination in time or not, that's another question :)

Virgin charge 20c, and Orange 22c with pre-paid.
Revtel is also an option at 20c but Virgin as just as cheap without
Revtel's daily 'access fee' charges.

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Cheers,

Jason.

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?