US Data

[JosephP99]

I bought 500mb of US data. I get a message that says my data roaming plan doesn’t cover text messaging. How could that be? Data is for texting right?

[Lieux]

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@JosephP99 wrote:

Thank you. Don’t know how I missed that. Embarrassing. 

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Don’t be embarrassed! We are all learning things...

[JosephP99]

Thank you. Don’t know how I missed that. Embarrassing. 

[JosephP99]

Thank you. Appreciate the help. 

[Lieux]

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@JosephP99 wrote:

I bought 500mb of US data. I get a message that says my data roaming plan doesn’t cover text messaging. How could that be? Data is for texting right?

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You can buy the add-on for texting in US if you want for 8$.

[JosephP99]

Data is just for the internet I suppose. Didn’t know that. Thanks for the help. 

[Alex888 · Accepted solution]

@JosephP99 Standard texting does not use data, but you can use Whats App/Viber/ect to text with data.

[sandpublic]

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@JosephP99 wrote:

I bought 500mb of US data. I get a message that says my data roaming plan doesn’t cover text messaging. How could that be? Data is for texting right?

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Yes and no. You can use a data based text app to send texts but for receiving texts to your phone number you need a text plan.