Originally Posted by
Tartarus Receiving normal text messages are free of charge wherever you are.
Disabling the things you did doesn’t change that.
If you don’t want to receive text messages while abroad, contact your carrier on how to do so.
I am not sure that receiving text messages is always free, I know for a fact that I was charged a fee for receipt of text messages while in France a few years ago, in fact it cost a work mate quite a lot,as he had a woman who could (and did) text as fast as she talked (continuosly!)