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at scotsboyuk: I sms, but not that much really. Maybe 20 sms a month.
at ricky: Do you sms much?
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Posted: 2004-10-20 01:27:12
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My last bill showed 720 SMS... I have a package of 1500 SMS / 250 MMS and unlimited GPRS for $20
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Posted: 2004-10-20 01:43:51
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@moodswinger
I didn't realise one had to pay to receive a text in the States!
@Residentevil
I would consider myself an average texter, I don't think I text an awful lot, perhaps one hundred a month or so.
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Posted: 2004-10-20 03:05:34
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its pretty strange that mobile operators charge for incoming sms as well!!
we had to pay for incoming calls here until the TRAI (regulator) put a stop to it once people started complaining of really high incoming call charges. maybe the FCC isn't paying enough attention to the needs of the users.outgoing sms are charged about 1 cent here. mms is free for a flat rate of about $2.50 a month.
well, charging for incoming sms only helps the mobile operators! are there consumer rights groups lobbying the government about it? maybe its because the telecom lobby is really powerful in the states?
again, i think the mobile operators are adopting a short term approach to things i.e they'd rather make less money charging users for incoming calls/sms rather than making them free and much more people will start using them in the future. i wonder what the official explanationg given by at&t/cingular/t-mobile about this issue.
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Posted: 2004-10-20 05:43:10
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How much does it cost to receive a text in the U.S.?
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Posted: 2004-10-20 15:01:30
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The FCC is a f*cking joke.
They're more concerned with keeping kids safe from bad language and nude women than something that would actually benefit Americans.
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Posted: 2004-10-20 15:01:37
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You have to pay extra to have unlimited text messages on a plan. Otherewise you usually have like 20 free, then its like 5 cents per message sent and received.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 08:09:30
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@nkivett
That's quite cheap to send a text.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 16:04:10
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On 2004-10-20 15:01:37, richy240 wrote:
The FCC is a f*cking joke.
They're more concerned with keeping kids safe from bad language and nude women than something that would actually benefit Americans.
yeah i remember the time when there was a lot of furore in the white house about profanity and bad language in the media... and the next day dick cheney goes on national tv and utters the f word by mistake!!!
strange country!
coming back to the point... do a lot of the high flying/business class people use high end phones like the p910/ipaq or do they use a combination of a laptop/simple mobile phone to keep connected while travelling?
and... wasn't the voting on american idol done using text messages on at&t?? (that's what i observed on tv here).
tia.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 16:23:53
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Most of the high-end phone/pda combinations are either Pocket PC or Palm based. Symbian, although the most popular smartphone OS, doesn't have such a huge market share here. Or so it seems.
The company I work for uses Blackberrys, except for the VP who uses a Palm Tungsten from AT&T. I had to configure a VPN client for it so he could get to his email securely, and it ended up working rather well. Aside from the multiple taps required to log on and check email, it is just as good as a Blackberry as far as I am concerned. But it doesn't support push email like the Blackberry.
I would rather have a smartphone than a Blackberry any day though.
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Posted: 2004-10-22 22:22:01
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