sending text message to canada from poland

I have family in poland and was hoping they would be able to send me sms's. I have a polish sim card from sim plus, does anyone know if they will send the sms to my phone in canada will it cost a lot for them to do this? Will I be charged in canada for receiving this sms? Has anyone from poland visiting canada have experience with this situation. Thanks! I really want my family to be able to write me and not have to pay a lot to do so.

Yeah, it costs a little but they can get plans where it's affordable. Not all SMS's will get through to Canada. It depends on the phone. I'm in the US and cannot receive any from Poland. If one comes through, it is scrambled.

I believe this cost for an international SMS is around $0.50. It will be charged to the person sending, not receiving.

I'm in Canada and have had many problems calling and sending SMS's to Polish cell phones. My girlfriend in Poland is on a mobile network called "Play". I cannot call her cell from any phone in Canada, however, SMS's still go through to her... most of the time. I've had no troubling sending SMS's to Poland until lately when all of a sudden this past month about 50% just bounce back from my carrier saying I sent it to an invalid number. Her sending SMS's to my phone from Poland has never been a problem.

A cheaper alternative would be for your family to send SMS's from a progam called Skype if they have access to a computer and the internet. The cost is $0.07 per SMS. Again, I've had problems sending SMS messages with Skype to Poland but she's never had problems messaging me with it.

I just know in Canada, they will ask you if you want to pay extra in your monthly rate to send unlimited international texts

if you use ORANGE in poland and the canadian carrier is ROGERS, your msgs will go thru.
the receiver doesnt pay anything but the sender does. in poland an international sms costs around .60 PLN. so it is not THAT expensive.

when you're abroad, you better check with your phone carrier. most companies charge anywhere between 1PLN to 3PLN.

if you use your polish sim card in canada, you will pay, though, as that's considered roaming for ya!

I have no problems sending/receiving sms/calls to Poland, as long as the other party is not on Play. I dont know why, but as Blackout said, Play is not working for me either. I am with Fido, so GSM network, as opposed CDMA.