winterforge
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Even worse is that incoming messages cost .02 cents a piece, even with a plan it is deducting from your allotted number of messages. Get enough of these and it starts to add up. Thank God Verizon has a "Block User" option so you can block the text messages from certain people. Verizon really needs to join some of the other carriers and make all incoming SMS messages free and just charge for the outgoing ones.
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Jeremy341
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| said by winterforge  :
Verizon really needs to join some of the other carriers and make all incoming SMS messages free and just charge for the outgoing ones.
Which carriers would that be? The only carrier I know of that offers free unlimited incoming text messages with every plan is AT&T. |
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Iban3zPl4y3r
join:2003-02-24
Salem, VA
| said by Jeremy341 :
said by winterforge :
Verizon really needs to join some of the other carriers and make all incoming SMS messages free and just charge for the outgoing ones.
Which carriers would that be? The only carrier I know of that offers free unlimited incoming text messages with every plan is AT&T.
Ntelos does  |
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Jeremy341
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localhost | nTelos is far from a national carrier though. I'm just talking about the big boys. |
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primeomega
join:2004-03-11
De Pere, WI | reply to Jeremy341
almost all have free inc. text messages. USCC, T-Mobile, ATT, Sprint, Verizon here does.. |
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Jeremy341
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| said by primeomega :
almost all have free inc. text messages. USCC, T-Mobile, ATT, Sprint, Verizon here does..
That's just not true. I'm a T-Mobile customer, and I know for a fact that they don't have free incoming text messages. |
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wills54321
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|  :o:o wow @ you actually have to pay to recieve text messages!! Its totally free to recieve them over here in the UK
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DannyZ
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Erie, PA | reply to Jeremy341
Cellular One, at least the Dobson Communications owned franchises.. |
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shaolin216
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said by Jeremy341 :
said by primeomega :
almost all have free inc. text messages. USCC, T-Mobile, ATT, Sprint, Verizon here does..
That's just not true. I'm a T-Mobile customer, and I know for a fact that they don't have free incoming text messages.
I agree. T-Mobile customer here also and incoming text messages are NOT free. The following was taken from here »www.t-mobile.com/services/textme···view.asp
"All T-Mobile products support text messaging. Send and receive text messages for just 5 cents each. Or, get 300 messages for just $2.99 per month or 1,000 messages for only $6.99 per month. Additional messages (sent and received) cost just 5 cents each."
Anyway, I think Verizon should have sued Jacob Brown and his ring however much it cost to send each unsolicited text message. If and when Verizon gets that money back, they should then refund/credit it back to customers involved. It would not only make Verizon look good to its customers, but also to people that are thinking about getting a cell or thinking about switching carriers.
Even if 100 incoming text messages would refund you back $2. It is the gesture that counts 
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said by wills54321 :
:o:o:o wow @ you actually have to pay to recieve text messages!! Its totally free to recieve them over here in the UK
-Wills
:o wow! I hear that you actually have to pay for local landline calls in the UK. They are free here (including calls to mobiles). |
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My sprint service includes unlimited free sms and incoming calls. pretty good service also. Never had any dropped calls like these companies claim in commercials.
I have only gotten 2 sms spam messages since I have owned my phone and sprint quickly cleared up the problem.
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rideboarder
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rideboarder
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1 edit | reply to Jeremy341
said by Jeremy341 :
said by primeomega :
almost all have free inc. text messages. USCC, T-Mobile, ATT, Sprint, Verizon here does..
That's just not true. I'm a T-Mobile customer, and I know for a fact that they don't have free incoming text messages.
Prepaid customers do from t-mobile  (4 cents to send, incoming are completely FREE) |
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Jeremy341
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localhost | Well that's just messed up. For those of us on contracts, it's 10 cents to send or receive unless you have a text messaging plan. |
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rideboarder
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| said by Jeremy341 :
Well that's just messed up. For those of us on contracts, it's 10 cents to send or receive unless you have a text messaging plan.
That's exactly why i haven't switched to post-paid yet. I'm cheaper off using pre-paid... |
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