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Internation Text Messaging problem
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Posted by: anth

Hi,

A friend of mine is trying to send a text message to Guatemala. She's using the same number she uses to call the mobile (011+502+8 digit number), but the message keeps getting bounced. I've searched around and everything I've read leads me to believe that if you can call it, then you can text it.

Any ideas on what she's doing wrong, or what else she could try? She's already tried calling Rogers, but they've been pretty much no help...

Thanks!

Posted by: m0nkyman

Should be
Guatemala
PCS Digital Guatemala
011 + 502 + 10 or 11-digits

from http://mobileoptions.vzw.com/intern.../Guatemala.html

which carrier is the person in Guatemala with?

Posted by: anth

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0nkyman

Should be
Guatemala
PCS Digital Guatemala
011 + 502 + 10 or 11-digits

from http://mobileoptions.vzw.com/intern.../Guatemala.html

which carrier is the person in Guatemala with?

Well, the Rogers site does mention something about a region code:

011 + 502 + Region Code + Number

Does anyone know the Region Code for Huehuetenango?

By the way, Rogers' solution was to add a + in front. What does that mean?

Posted by: 99 GASE2

+country code-telephone #

+502-2xxx-xxxx

+ tells Rogers it is international

502 is Guatemala country code

2 signifies Interurban zone.
The interurban zone includes the departments of: Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, El Quiché, Totonicapán, Sololá, San Marcos, Retalhuleu, Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Santa Rosa, Jutiapa, Suchitepéquez, El Petén, Izabal, Zacapa, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Jalapa, Alta Verrapaz and Baja Verapaz.

Example of it for a Toronto, ON, Canada 416 area code #:
+1-416-xxx-xxxx

Posted by: anth

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0nkyman

Should be
Guatemala
PCS Digital Guatemala
011 + 502 + 10 or 11-digits

from http://mobileoptions.vzw.com/intern.../Guatemala.html

which carrier is the person in Guatemala with?

The person is with ComCel (?)

Posted by: m0nkyman

'K then. Comcel is listed as working with Rogers....

Posted by: mikelc2

I've had lots of problems with international text messages. You are still being charged for those bounced messages, I was.

The + doesn't matter, as it comes with all text messages (national or international). I ended up trying a different carrier and it worked. Sometimes the international carriers are limited to a specific region.

Posted by: anth

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikelc2

I've had lots of problems with international text messages. You are still being charged for those bounced messages, I was.

The + doesn't matter, as it comes with all text messages (national or international). I ended up trying a different carrier and it worked. Sometimes the international carriers are limited to a specific region.

When you say "tried a different carrier" do you mean you switched carriers, or the recipient did? (Not that think either is an option in this case... I'm just curious)