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RRM79
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2011-Jan-19 6:53 pm
nicemore expensive of course | |
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2011-Jan-19 10:53 pm
Re: niceInternational SMS not covered under the plans, international cost is closer to 50c per message! Why is no one dealing with that? | |
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en102Canadian, eh? join:2001-01-26 Valencia, CA |
en102
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2011-Jan-19 6:55 pm
Glad to have given up SMS/MMS forEmail (much cheaper). said by Karl : with each additional message costing you $.10.
I had to take a second look. The $.10 almost looked like a $ 10, instead of $0.10. I was thinking that SMS was getting high I'll pay the data plan and have the benefit of both email and data vs a 160 char limited message. | |
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markinect
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2011-Jan-20 1:06 am
Re: Glad to have given up SMS/MMS foryea i wrote on them two weeks ago asking for 250 for theyre 5dollar plan and they get ride of it ...thats not what i wanted | |
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i better be grandfatheredive got the $5 for 200 on 2 of my lines. if they end it ill just quit using txt's, im not paying double for it. only reason i use them at all is for banking alerts (winds up to about 90 txt's per line a month) | |
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2011-Jan-19 7:09 pm
Re: i better be grandfatheredsaid by thedragonmas:ive got the $5 for 200 on 2 of my lines. if they end it ill just quit using txt's, im not paying double for it. only reason i use them at all is for banking alerts (winds up to about 90 txt's per line a month) Yes. Existing users of older plans are grandfathered and will be able to stay on their old plans. | |
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ilikeme
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2011-Jan-19 7:13 pm
Re: i better be grandfatheredWe better be grandfathered in. I only use about 150 texts per month on my cell line. I usually use google voice to avoid the charges. | |
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I wouldn't put money on that bet. | |
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2011-Jan-19 9:06 pm
Re: i better be grandfatheredsaid by cramer:I wouldn't put money on that bet. Read the story's link. It states clearly the fact that existing users will be grandfathered. » www.gearlive.com/news/ar ··· ne-q111/Look at the image of the training doc as well the text in the story. | |
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Re: i better be grandfatheredBah. When a company has the slightest potential to rip off its customers, past experience would bet the money that they will, sooner or later, regardless of what they say now. | |
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2011-Jan-19 11:51 pm
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Watch your bill. I'll go ahead and say "I told you so." | |
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2011-Jan-20 7:29 am
Re: i better be grandfatheredGo ahead, people said the would not grandfather in the unlimited iPhone data plan and I still have it. | |
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said by FFH5:Yes. Existing users of older plans are grandfathered and will be able to stay on their old plans. So now I will be a great grandfather. I am also grandfathered on their unlimited data plan as well They are making it difficult for me to move! Any move will mean a loss of functionality as well as an increase in cost. | |
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Sprint's $10 data tax doesn't look so bad nowSprint includes unlimited data and text for $10 and the overall plan is still less than ATT/VZW. What a nuisance it must be to have to watch a meter. | |
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Re: Sprint's $10 data tax doesn't look so bad nowsaid by xenophon:Sprint includes unlimited data and text for $10 and the overall plan is still less than ATT/VZW. What a nuisance it must be to have to watch a meter. I Agree | |
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said by xenophon:Sprint includes unlimited data and text for $10 and the overall plan is still less than ATT/VZW. What a nuisance it must be to have to watch a meter. all my other friends on other networks use kik messenger so they wont go over their messages limit.. I always LOL because since I'm paying for unlimited I want to make use of my unlimited message. | |
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said by xenophon:Sprint includes unlimited data and text for $10 and the overall plan is still less than ATT/VZW. What a nuisance it must be to have to watch a meter. What a nuisance it must be to worry what extra charge's you have to pay on top of a "Simply Everything" plan. | |
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Re: Sprint's $10 data tax doesn't look so bad nowLIke what? There are no extra data or text charges since there is no limit... there is no meter to watch.
Even with the extra $10 data charge, the total plan is less than ATT/VZW and still unlimited.
ATT charges $10 for limited number of texts and has data caps as well with extra charges when caps are reached. Sprint is $10 for unlimited data and text is already unlimited and overall plan is less. | |
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zipjay
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2011-Jan-19 7:19 pm
um..said by article : Yet consumers continue to gleefully pay out the nose for SMS/MMS services -- despite the rise of traditional data alternatives like Google Voice.
Um... i cant use google voice to post to my twitter. I also cant use google voice to send TEXT to my friends. I cant use google voice to receive my account balance on my bank account. | |
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Re: um..said by zipjay:Um... i cant use google voice to post to my twitter. I also cant use google voice to send TEXT to my friends. I cant use google voice to receive my account balance on my bank account. I can use any of a number of apps to post to twitter, not that I tweet that much anyway. Google voice also does indeed do SMS, but you can get other apps like TextFree to send text for free. Mobile banking? There are apps for that, much better than text messaging. Text messaging is absolutely useless to me. In fact I asked at&t to disable it due to the amount of spam I was getting. | |
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2011-Jan-19 8:47 pm
Re: um..said by fifty nine:Google voice also does indeed do SMS, but you can get other apps like TextFree to send text for free.
Mobile banking? There are apps for that, much better than text messaging.
Text messaging is absolutely useless to me. In fact I asked at&t to disable it due to the amount of spam I was getting. I have never had a text plan with T-Mobile and even had them disable it on my account. I have an iTouch 4 and also use TextFree and sometimes TextPlus. The only restriction is you cannot send to short codes with either service (at least the last time I checked). | |
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2011-Jan-19 10:54 pm
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I can use my data connection to do those things. | |
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The market sets the pricequote: Given that SMS plans are pure profit for carriers it's hard to get too excited by this "deal," yet consumers continue to gleefully pay out the nose for SMS/MMS services
Well, it isn't PURE profit, there is some overhead for transferring the data and there is some cost for the SMS servers, but we can all agree that the cost is very very low per text message. I don't think anyone would say that text messaging prices are reasonable, but the fact of the matter is that if people keep paying the prices, they have no incentive to lower them. | |
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Re: The market sets the priceSMS is pretty much pure profit. The original spec had the messages transmitted along with other signaling data which was transmitted anyway. | |
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Re: The market sets the pricesaid by fifty nine:SMS is pretty much pure profit. The original spec had the messages transmitted along with other signaling data which was transmitted anyway. Regardless of whether there's no cost or overhead between the tower and the customer isn't what I was talking about. There is data that has to be carried around the network and servers that have to process it..... But my real point was that until people start voting with their wallets and text less or cancel their SMS services, the cell providers really have no incentive to lower the prices. If you can build a TV for $100, and people will pay $500 to buy it, why would you sell it for $400. You might sell more, but you still make more money selling 500 tv's at $500 than you do selling 600 tv's at $400. They don't want to make less money. | |
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said by jcremin:
I don't think anyone would say that text messaging prices are reasonable, but the fact of the matter is that if people keep paying the prices, they have no incentive to lower them.
Yeah, collusion does that. Where is the investigation ? | |
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openbox9
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2011-Jan-19 9:49 pm
Re: The market sets the priceDo you honestly believe that Daniel Mead calls up Ralph de la Vega and the two of them agree to charge $0.20/msg and sell $20/mth SMS plans? I seriously doubt that. More likely, and what has historically happened, one of the companies sets a price, then the others match that price. That's not collusion, it's a happy oligopoly. | |
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Re: The market sets the price» www.windowsitpro.com/art ··· ges.aspxRecently several tech giants were found to be colluding with each other to not hire other employees. So I believe it. | |
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openbox9
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2011-Jan-20 9:16 am
Re: The market sets the priceThere's a human capital race in the tech industry, so it's not difficult at all to believe that antitrust actions were taken to prevent poaching. There is no serious race in the mobile wireless services market so why do you believe that antitrust activities in this respect are occurring? | |
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said by openbox9:Do you honestly believe that Daniel Mead calls up Ralph de la Vega and the two of them agree to charge $0.20/msg and sell $20/mth SMS plans? I seriously doubt that. More likely, and what has historically happened, one of the companies sets a price, then the others match that price. That's not collusion, it's a happy oligopoly. No, they have a staff of crooks to do that so they can deny any knowledge/involvement. | |
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said by WernerSchutz:Yeah, collusion does that. Where is the investigation ? Because it isn't collusion... All the cell phone providers just charge the same because that's what people will pay. | |
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2011-Jan-19 8:02 pm
Is Google Voice capable of sending/receiving MMS messages?I receive and send quite a few pictures from different carriers. Google voice solved the SMS problem. Email isn't always feasible when sending pictures to other phones. Until then, I'll keep my $10 for 500 non-Verizon messages. | |
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cramer Premium Member join:2007-04-10 Raleigh, NC |
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2011-Jan-19 8:30 pm
Just great...It took a week of constant bitching to get my employer to turn on the f'ing $5 plan. It's going to be a bloodbath to get them to fork over $10. | |
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2011-Jan-20 10:34 am
Re: Just great...if you have the $5 plan, you are grandfathered in | |
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Conundrum - to text or not to textI am sure they are just going to eliminate it as an available plan. I have the $5 plan on my phone and my wife's. She typically uses more than the 200 a month and I don't. However she doesn't use enough to add an extra $5 to her bill. Now, if they had a better family text plan that would be great. But I just don't text that much. I have already told my kids if they want a phone they have to pay for the phone and plan themselves. | |
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doublea join:2007-06-04 Rancho Cordova, CA
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Never paying for texts againI use text free & google voice if I must communicate via a traditional text, otherwise, Instant message, google voice or Skype are my chosen choice of communication.
I dropped my 200 text per month plan a few months ago, and I have not missed it.
Its so stupid to pay $10 for 1000 texts, which are just a few kb in size each... | |
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Karl it only gets worse for ATT customers....Now ATT is copying Verizon by ridding themselves of early upgrade discounts (similar to the sudden abolishment of VZ's NE2) upping family line upgrade fees, upping the price on international LD and roaming fees and GET THIS.. Upping the price of the MicroCell...
Collusion anyone? | |
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openbox9
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2011-Jan-19 9:55 pm
Re: Karl it only gets worse for ATT customers....It's not collusion. It's a happy oligopoly. Big difference in the means, same result in the end. | |
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WhatNow Premium Member join:2009-05-06 Charlotte, NC |
WhatNow
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2011-Jan-19 9:55 pm
As long as it sellsYou can complain all you want but until people vote with their wallet as stated above they will keep selling the service. Just as the cable company is starting to feel the cord cutting. The only plan I have seen as unfair is forcing you to have a data plan on cell phones even if you don't want it. If it is an option then do without if you don't like the terms. If it was your business what would you do if customers keep paying you? | |
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Google Voice is not an SMS panaceaThere are MANY web sites for which Google Voice SMS does not work. Believe me I've tried. | |
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SMS SpamI called AT&T to complain they were charging me for SMS spam. The agent told me to text back STOP (as if that would stop the spammers). The sad irony is that it would have cost me 20 cents more for every futile attempt to SMS them back. Eventually the rep conceded and gave me a credit, but what a hassle for small charges that shouldn't be there in the first place. I wonder how many people just let them slide. | |
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pabster
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2011-Jan-19 11:04 pm
$20 for unlimited texts is still $20 too muchAmazing that people continue to pay these outlandish fees for text messaging - which literally costs the carriers pennies to provide. It's a cash cow of enormous proportions.
Google Voice does the trick for me. It's not perfect but $240+ a year for TEXT MESSAGING? They're nuts. | |
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Flibbitigibb
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2011-Jan-20 7:27 am
Screw you, ATT. I'm outta here.I'd been on the fence about eBaying-our iPhones and switching to Verizon. This gets me off the fence. I'm outta the Death Star like Han Solo.
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Re: Screw you, ATT. I'm outta here.Hey, if you are leaving ATT for VZW and have an iphone 4 to sell, lemme know. I want one to unlock and put a votafon sim card in for trip. ... | |
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JohnInSJ Premium Member join:2003-09-22 Aptos, CA |
JohnInSJ
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2011-Jan-20 1:46 pm
family txting for $30 works wellunlimited... three lines. $10 each net cost.
Averaging 10,000 txts a month. Of course, one of those lines belongs to a teen, so that's about 8,500 of the 10k.
The $5 for 200 one seems to be the only loss here, and it was the most expensive option. Those folks might be better off getting rid of txt messaging.
Plans are a mess for all the carriers - pick one and whine. | |
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