Sean
join:2004-01-23
Ottawa
 ·Bell Sympatico
2 edits | reply to BF69
Re: But wait...
said by BF69  :said by dleehend :They are not free but.... We have unlimited family text & multimedia messaging with AT&T for $30 per month. All together we send about 4000-5000 messages per month, most of that by our daughters in high school & college. That works out to less than a penny per message. Just 200 messages would put me below .20 per message. 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. So not only are you arguing that text messages cost too much in a day and age when they should not, you are arguing that the user is sending TOO many text messages in todays day and age, and that it is absurd.
I have an unlimited text option on my plan, and I personally send 450 - 500 texts a month.
You've got to realize that the BIG MOFO COSTS that everyone is talking about is PER SMS. It is for people who are NOT on a text plan, which believe it or not if NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE. Most people who WOULD be affected by high SMS costs are already ON plans that negate these costs. If you are sending 50 texts a month without a plan, it ain't your providers fault.
Not to mention, who the hell cares if you get a confirmation? North of of the border here in Canada, such a thing is unheard of. I've never, ever, received a confirmation. Most (if not all) of my messages simply get through. And if they don't, they get que'd, and then sent at a time when the user is capable of receiving it. |
