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"How on earth do you text abroad"

Calling is easy enough
But txting just isn't working, wtfz

I want to text Canada, and the code is 1.
They can text me easily but...I can't them.

Do I just throw the 1 on the beginning or what?

You can get landline phones that support Text messaging. You need to subscribe to a Caller ID service first though. So it's crap.

I'd post something relating to the OP question, but it's already been answered.

I meself always though it would jus be easy like jus type in the number and done, and what is this tri-band thing too?

I was working this out yesterday to send to America.

[URL] http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm [/URL]

All I had to do was dial 00, which is UKs prefix code, then 1 for America's international code.

So it was 001(San Francisco area code)(number)

Ahhh thanks mate. My girlfriend is going abroad soon so will be able to text her, and do you do the same if you want to phone them?

She will be made up now when I tell her because I normally have to wait for her to phone the house and that. Plus it only 5p a minute to international calls anyway.