Can you send text messages when in the US? I ask because I know people who can receive text messages but whose phone is not set up to send them.
If your phone is meant to send text messages, I assume that Verizon has a number you send the message to. My Orange phone has a number that apparently is dialed when I send a text message + phone number and it passes the message on from there. As long as I have the correct number entered in the phone for text messages, I can send them. But if any part of that number is missing or wrong, I can't--even though I enter the nmber I want the message to go to.
Also, if Verizon is like Orange, it costs more to send a text message to the US than to somebody in the DR. I pay RD$1 to send a message in the countryk, RD$5 to send it outside the country.