Texting Australia from UK

[Dave4410]

Hi. I brought the 100 gb sim only pack from sim local about 3 days ago and want to be able to send texts - preferably with images - to Australia. Can someone tell me how to get whatever add on I need, please. Thanks

[Chris_B]

@Dave4410   Are you trying to text an Australian number ?  If you are you need credit on the account pay for that text.    A mms ( picture message) is chargeable.  Any text to a none UK number is chargeable and all MMS are chargeable. 

[XRaySpeX]

@Dave4410 : International Calling & Texting is not included in your allowances & MMS is not included at all.

There is a 250 UK to Rest of World (ROW) mins & SMS Add-On for £10.54 pm but I dunno how to get it, so you might need to call CS. See PAY MONTHLY INTERNATIONAL CALLING ADD-ONS 

Also  EE has a add-on, £2.16 pm on contract, that anyone 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 . For Oz it'll be 18p / text. As you are paying for these calls they will be itemised as out-of-allowance in your bill.

There's nowt for MMS.

[Dave4410]

Thanks, but according to the SimLocal staff that sold me the sim and package, and according to the packaging I get, 60 international minutes, and unlimited calls and trxts in the UK. She also said there was a £5.00 add on for international texts - wnich I am trying to find.

[Dave4410]

Thanks, but I think Ineed somesort of add on to send texts to Australia

[Leanne_T]

Hi there @Dave4410 

Thanks for coming to the community 🙂

Can you text BALANCE to 150 and let me know the full reply? 

Leanne.

[XRaySpeX]

Those are SIMLocal plans & add-ons. I'm not sure we'd be aware of them.

[Dave4410]

I think I have been ripped off. I specifically wanted the ability to send text and images from UK back to Australia. Thanks for helping

[Dave4410]

Your current balance as of today 08:33 is £0.00. You have unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, 52 minutes and 99.5GB remaining until 14/04/2025 for your SIM Local Pack. Your last top up was £20.00 on 23/09/2024 at 15:39. For more info on your packs, add-ons or free boosts, go to the EE app or ee.co.uk

For info on our other Text Services, reply HELP or go to ee.co.uk/textservices

[chistery]

Using whatsapp, imessage, rcs, signal, telegram, etc. are usually better and cheaper ways to send pictures to others, if that's an option?