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BF69

join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

Re: But wait...

said by Jonbo298 See Profile :

yeah penny per txt seems good, but you are still getting ripped off. Besides really who is going to send 4000-5000 txts a month? I think that is retarded. You have the phone in your hands, phones are meant for TALKING.

Oh and don't forget if you send a txt to someone your plan you are getting charged TWICE.
Hey grandpa, the 70's called, they want their rotary phone back. Cell phones are more then just phones now with how tech is advancing. Alot of people don't grasp the concept of texting, but its more convenient and less annoying for a good amount. I'm not a heavy user of it but I do text a fair amount, its just more convenient to type something up, send it off, and resume what I was doing.
Um how is texting more convienent that SPEAKING? I'm 100% sure I can say whatever it is what you are texting faster than you can text it.

WTF are you talking about getting charged twice? He said he had an UNLIMITED PLAN. Unlimited means it doesn't matter how many texts you send.
List Einstien, 1¢ worth of data = 670,000 txt messages assuming you use all 160 bytes. Considering most unlimited plans are at minimum $20 a month that's 1.3 BILLION txt messages. Please try and tell me this guy and his family is sending 1.3 BILLION txt messages a month. He says he sends 5000 a month. That should cost at most 1/100 of a cent.

Try doing math. Bandwidth cost less than 10 cents per GB that's GIGAbyte. Txt messages are at most 160 BYTES. So it take at least 6.7 MILLION txt messages to = 1 GB of data.

calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

Re: But wait...

Agreed on the economics, but....

Telcos have a long history of charging for things that actually cost less. They charged for "touch-tone" when it was actually cheaper to provide than rotary dial, both in the cost of the phones that they rented (yuck!--anybody else remember those days?) and the cost of switching.

It's like my gas station charging a surcharge for using a debit card at the pump instead of paying cash indoors--it actually saves them money, but they can, and do, charge extra for it anyway.

calvoiper
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