Claro texting problems

Takenforgranite

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Hi guys! I just arrived today, headed to Sos?a. I got a Claro SIM for my iPhone 5c, and everything works. Except. I can call and text and receive same to/from DR numbers just fine. I can call and receive calls to the US. I can receive texts from the US as well. But I just can't send texts. The Claro kiosk at SDQ was unhelpful. After a couple minutes of poking they shrugged and handed it back.

I am using 1 before the area code, but I also tried +1 and then the number. No go. This evening I took it to the corporate store on St Vincent in SD. I got way in over my head with my Spanish, although I *think* I learned I'd never be able to text ATT customers. I don't care about that network, but I do need to text Verizon subscribers. (My family is on vzw). When I came last year with a little crappy flip phone, I had no issue at all texting US people.

Have you damas y caballeros got any ideas or input? Barring ideas, I'm going to go to Orange tomorrow and see if they have a similar issue. But I've already got some money into this, so if I can roll with it, I'd like to- unless you think I *should* go with Orange. I'm open to suggestion!
 

AlterEgo

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Maybe consider getting the Viber or What's App for your phone and ask your family/friends to do the same, assuming they have smartphones. Apps are free, texts are free, so are calls.
 

Takenforgranite

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But that requires data, no? Also my prepago situation somehow allows me to use data even though I said specifically I didn't want it at this time- does anyone know at what rate it eats into your account?
 

Takenforgranite

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I found the soluci?n to the problem. I'd been using 1 or +1, and found very few that it worked for. But 001 seems to work across the board.