Originally Posted by
chichow
My friend on softbank gave me the wrong address. Now that is corrected, I can send emails and they can send back.
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Just to confirm what was said earlier on this thread.
I CAN send SMS to my friend on softbank.
I can't get a reply back via SMS or what they are trying to use as SMS - I'm in the USA
There is a longer delay when sending to their email address on the phone versus just to their computer. This would confirm that softbank is pull instead of push email.
Postpaid Softbank and docomo mobile users can send SMS to users of overseas mobile carriers (listed on their websites and they cover major carriers around the world).
Softbank charges 100 yen per message and docomo 50 yen when SMS is sent from Japan -- both rates are more than you need to pay for sending a postcard by snail mail to the U.S. from Japan.