Quote Originally Posted by Steve.r View Post
Before I left Phil last week, I bought a cheapo mobile and a roaming sim, it came in a pack of 3 sims. One for here to receive sms, one for in Phil to make and receive sms, and one for my Mahal to send and receive sms. For her to sms me it is 1 pesco/sms, I think it is 20-25 for me so send, but I emd up using my Orange contract phone to sms her, at 17pence a shot (or that is what my last bill told me)
I am looking into a new contract for my mobile, and have been recommended a phone that has Skype installed, free to call anywhere in the world (i think) from the Uk. I was told by the salesman that you can buy a purely Skype phone for £30-40, which I could send to my Mahal, she could then sms me if she needs to talk, and I call back for free over Skype. Just an idea, I am looking at other options, I'll post up if I get more info on good deals.

Steve
for many years i used http://www.chikka.com/to send sms to my misses mob from my pc at home and work for free it must have saved me £100s if not £1000s over the years

but get her to reply to your mob, not thru chikka as i think it would be more expensive