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April 11th, @11:07AM
| Let's put this all in perspective
SMS:
SMS...just how much data is in an SMS message? 160 bytes? 10 kilobytes means 64 SMS messages. Verizon's cost per kilobyte? $.015. So $.15 for 64 SMS worth of data. That's also the retail price. Any cost they actually incur is, I'm sure, far less.
Yet, carriers still have the guts to charge people to receive them, an event users have no control over. This is why I have SMS block.
Voice:
At Verizon, the prices are as follows:
Unlimited, Two Lines - $200
4,000 minutes, Two Lines - Also $200
4,000 minutes for two lines means 2,000 minutes per line.
Free nights and weekends means roughly 20 weekdays each month. 2,000 minutes / 20 weekdays = 100 minutes/day.
Are you REALLY going to use your mobile for an 1 hr. 40 minutes every single weekday?
I'm trying to figure out how exactly the carriers are going to be losing out.
Other types of Unlimited, or "Unlimited:"
Buffets -
I don't go to them because they cost a lot, and I'm a small guy who doesn't eat a lot. Plus you can't take the food home. It might be worth it if I could take a couple meals worth of food home with me when I leave.
Buffets are also, in some cases, "unlimited." I've heard of very fat people being told they can't take any more food.
Home Phone -
Totally worth it. The cost of the unlimited plan is equal to the cost involved for a few long distance calls. That and over half my calls are long distance. I call my parents a lot, what can I say?
There are some restrictions, but they aren't a big deal. This stuff isn't allowed:
- Broadcast/Junk faxing.
- Long distance dial-up. Dial-Up Internet has to be a local call.
- Long distance modem to modem, where I'm the caller. |
