I contacted catchconnect re receiving sms when o/s and they said they have enabled international roaming again since last week.
I only need to receive sms for verification from banks etc when overseas and apparently it has no charge as it was a few years ago.
I forgot to screenshot the conversations and it disappeared very quickly.
Can anyone that is overseas at the moment verify this?
Why don't you check the CIS?
I too am interested to know the answer to the OP's question, as like the OP I only need to be able to receive texts when OS. The Critical Information summary (CIS) says the international roaming is on by default BUT to use it you need to purchase one of their data roaming packs. However, as 'receiving texts' is free it may be that these will come through even without the data pack.
I can now confirm that when I was overseas sms messages came through to my phone promptly, so I was able to do two-step verifications without any issues. I didn't purchase a roaming add on.
I could see that some photos were also sent via text messages, but nothing would download onto my phone, so understandably MMS messages won't come through unless you have added the roaming extras on.
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