| Why can't they have free incoming. Why can't they have free incoming.
What will they do if some gets hit $1000+ bill for incoming SMS force you to pay it? |
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| US Cellular offers free incoming and has for years... |
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TJ_665
join:2001-07-04
Fairview, OR | reply to Joe12345678
T-Mobile prepaid used to have free incoming but then changed to .05 per incoming SMS. Still .10 to send. Rates are for US and Canada. |
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Incoming is free in many countries, friends of mine in UK, send free SMS from websites & receive for free, ended up being free both ways.
now that i am in US, They still send me SMS and i end up paying for the silly jokes/forwards they send.
cheers |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Joe12345678
said by Joe12345678:Why can't they have free incoming. What will they do if some gets hit $1000+ bill for incoming SMS force you to pay it? As far as I know Verizon only charges you for messages that you actually OPEN. I could get 1000 text messages and if I delete them first I won't get charged. |
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 jtudorXm 60's On 6 FreakPremium,MVM
join:2002-12-07
Morganton, NC | reply to pabster
That is the first good thing I have ever heard about US Cellular.
In the early '90s I lived on one town and worked in another which only had US Cellular service. I refused to use my cell phone there because US Cell charged a $1 daily roaming fee plus $1 per minute. That meant my first call each day would have cost me $2 minimum. I just turned my cell phone off when I was in that area and back on when I left it.
Thankfully those pirate like charges are now gone, and probably one day these will be too.
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Best of luck
"Do, or Do not, there is no try!" Yoda
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Nope. VZW charges you for receiving texts just the same as other carriers. |
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damojo
join:2006-12-09
Markham, ON | reply to Joe12345678
Also, Rogers has free incoming...not too sure about Fido |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
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yep, I also get free incoming texts... do not like paying for outgoing @ 20 cents per... so I rarely do it. Rarely have over a buck or two on the bill from this, and I still find it insane.
Isn't the "sms" built into the freaking keepalive beacon or whatever it's called??? Doesn't that make it essentially free for the carriers to move them to and fro? What a markup too!!!
Also, I will NOT be talked into a "plan" for such an absurd thing. Rather just not send 'em very often... I call people back if it's important...
Texts aside, I find U.S. Cellular to be just fine. They bought out Cell One here, so I gave 'em a chance...
Better billing, better plan, cheaper price.
1400 anytime minutes, free incoming calls, no roaming, nights/weekends @ 7 |
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| reply to BF69
I don't believe that is possible. Once it's on your phone, it's on your phone. |
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