| How does this logic work... So if everyone is catching on to this BS that TWC is giving... how long till they go after the mobile phone companies for charging SMS fee's (double dipping for both sending and receiving) @ 0.20 cents each message?
$1 per GB or $0.40 per SMS (about 160 characters)
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rcabor4
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Grand Prairie, TX | said by Mang :
So if everyone is catching on to this BS that TWC is giving... how long till they go after the mobile phone companies for charging SMS fee's (double dipping for both sending and receiving) @ 0.20 cents each message?
$1 per GB or $0.40 per SMS (about 160 characters)
Which is a bigger rip off?
While I agree that SMS is a ripoff, most all of the USA has many wireless carriers to choose from, but not all have more than 1 ISP to choose from. |
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said by Mang :
So if everyone is catching on to this BS that TWC is giving... how long till they go after the mobile phone companies for charging SMS fee's (double dipping for both sending and receiving) @ 0.20 cents each message?
$1 per GB or $0.40 per SMS (about 160 characters)
Which is a bigger rip off?
Yep. SMS ripoffs and metering ripoffs are very much the same thing. The only difference is that the majority of the public doesn't understand just what a ripoff SMS really is. During a 10 minute voice conversation, a cellular provider transmits the equivalent of 3,750 full-length SMS messages (assuming a low bitrate 8kbps codec).
It's a very good analogy too. The cellular providers get away with it because all the major ones rip off customers in a similar manner. That's what would have to happen for this to work in the case of metering too. Note how AT&T decided to conduct its metering trials in Beaumont where their competition is doing the same. We better hope Verizon doesn't cave to the pressure.
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Actually, if we run with this analogy:
$0.25 / text message if you don't have a text package with ATT, long known for their high prices.
$15.00 / month for unlimited SMS is available, even on my ATT Pay-As-You plan, so if you only SMS, that's all you spend a month.
TW is charging $1.00 / GB as an overage fee on their tiers.
Even at ATT's exorbitant texting rates, $60.00 / month should be able to buy you 100% unlimited internet access, with a higher speed tier being a few dollars more!
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