 ColorBASIC8-bit FunPremium
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Re: Broadband costs The point of the article is that it doesn't cost where SMS is concerned. The wireless providers are gouging customers big time, to the tune of $1,000.00 per MB. While I can understand that processing 6500 messages costs money even the biggest telco shill would acknowledge that processing the messages at .15-.30 each (since they charge both outgoing AND incoming) is a very high margin operation. |
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3 edits | And the method of calculating cost by "Mobile Jones" is, as usual, bogus. The cost to the cell provider isn't on how many bytes are transmitted. The cost is based on use of a channel(from a limited number of channels) on the cell tower and how long it takes to grab the wireless spectrum, establish the connection, and then transmit, and then take down the connection. Every time someone sends a 20 byte message, all those costs are incurred and they far exceed the costs of some theoretical bandwidth usage. And then every time a new message is sent(20 secs later for example), the whole process starts all over again.
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ColorBASIC8-bit FunPremium
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Corona, CA | Yeah, and they're charging up to .30 per message. You want to claim that SMS isn't high margin?
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said by fAcEtIOUs:And the method of calculating cost by "Mobile Jones" is, as usual, bogus. The cost to the cell provider isn't on how many bytes are transmitted. The cost is based on use of a channel(from a limited number of channels) on the cell tower and how long it takes to grab the wireless spectrum, establish the connection, and then transmit, and then take down the connection. Every time someone sends a 20 byte message, all those costs are incurred and they far exceed the costs of some theoretical bandwidth usage. And then every time a new message is sent(20 secs later for example), the whole process starts all over again. My my my! So costly! It's a downright miracle that people can make telephone calls with their cell phones!
practically instantaneous sending of a 20Byte message takes mere seconds, and doesn't hog the channel like talking does, yet talking on a cell phone is now bargain-bin stuff.
hrrrmmm....
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Valencia, CA | reply to ColorBASIC
Hell ya its high (this stuff, and forced signing of these kind of plans for discounts on devices) ticks me off. I've actually put a block on all SMS/MMS/Text on my phone. Email is much cheaper than MMS/SMS for the consumer.
On another note: I USED to have SMS/MMS when I was with the original AT&T Wireless - they offered unlimited FREE inbound messaging (SMS/MMS/txt email). I somehow don't think that the cost of this service has increased.
This is similar to AT&T charging $5/month for caller ID.
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said by ColorBASIC:Yeah, and they're charging up to .30 per message. You want to claim that SMS isn't high margin? Yes, it is high. Don't like the price, then don't use it. I have SMS blocked on my cellphone inbound and outbound.
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This is similar to AT&T charging $5/month for caller ID.
EXACTLY! I have an unlimited data plan. Texting is crude joke compared to the phone's data capabilities. Getting charged for INCOMING texts is insulting / double dipping.
Competition seems to be slowly working to improve the situation, though. An extra $5/month now gets me unlimited M2M texts (over the 200 included with the $19.95 data/text plan). It's still highway robbery for what it is, but at least I don't have to cringe when I get an incoming spam text.
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ColorBASIC8-bit FunPremium
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Corona, CA | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Don't like it/don't use it is a different issue from whether or not it's a cash cow. I use SMS all the time for per personal and business so I use a prepaid option but it doesn't change the fact that AT&T is making a mint on it.
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said by en102:This is similar to AT&T charging $5/month for caller ID. I think it's more like $8.50 or $9.00 |
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I pay $7.75
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