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Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

bluesbaby75 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:19:37 GMT

Hi Guys

I have family members in Spain and also LA on hols. Are my text replies to them free if using my home wifi on iphone and Mac, please? TIA ...

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:57:03 GMT

What Home WiFi? Do you mean EE Home Broadband & Phone?

Calls & Texts from UK to non-UK nos. are chargeable from all devices.

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

bluesbaby75 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:59:12 GMT

Sorry yes I’m on EE Wifi broadband, and EE wifi on iPhone...

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:06:11 GMT

@bluesbaby75 : Calls & texts cost the same whether you make them over WiFi or not.

International calls & texts to overseas nos. from UK can be rather expensive but EE has a add-on, free on PAYG or £2 pm on contract, that anyone, on PAYG or contract, can apply for to give these calls & texts at a fraction of the standard rates. See The CALL ABROAD Add-on for Cheap Calls/Texts from UK .

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

bluesbaby75 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:07:12 GMT

Many thanks for that info!

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

Chris_B — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:52:26 GMT

@bluesbaby75 If your using a Mac you probably sending iMessages and these are not part of your text allowance but they use data so will be using your home broadband connection and so no cost, If the text bubble is blue it’s an iMessage and it s sent via a data connection it’s not a text message. Text messages on a iPhone are sent as green text bubbles and via a Mac if you have set this will be green also. Yes you can send texts via a Mac. But I’m guessing you haven’t set this up and your sending iMessages. iMessage is only available to Apple devices to send and receive .

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:41:47 GMT

Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & trust it is now sorted.

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

bluesbaby75 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:50:12 GMT

Well, thanks, but I had another text from Chris saying that as I was using iPhone to iPhone my calls and texts would be using data so I don’t need the £2 a month Abroad Add . I had added it due to your advice
and had the confirmation that it’s been added. I am wondering if this is now on my contract as a permanent cost, I only needed it for a month, ugh! I’d just managed to slightly reduce my phone cost on my contract which was up. Now I think I’ve added £2 to it! I remember I had a add-on for a similar situation a couple years ago which was for one month to cover the time I needed it and then could cancel it at the months end..
Do you think I can cancel this and have a one month add on if I call EE tomorrow,? Thanks.

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:55:48 GMT

Maybe, but only if family members are also using iMessage.

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

bluesbaby75 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:57:12 GMT

Yes they are..

Re: Texts to Spain and LA? Are they free on my home wifi?

bristolian — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:00:47 GMT

To add, WiFi-calling is a means of extending coverage indoors where no mobile service is available. Calls made & texts sent, while using the service are charged exactly as if they were made over the mobile network.

WiFi-calling operates hand-in-hand with 4G-calling including handovers between the two.