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If You Use It, They Will Charge You More

Posted: July 1st, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: VoIP Commentary | 4 Comments »

That’s the sentence the sentence that follows, “if you build it, they will come” that no one ever says.

It seems T-Mobile is once again raising their SMS/MMS rates; from $.15 to $.20. I remember, not too long ago when the cost of a SMS message was $.05 (that makes me feel like an old man). DSL Reports seems to think it is a ploy to get customers over to the bulk rate SMS/MMS plans, but I am not so sure about that.

I think this is simply a case of “if you use it, they will charge you more.” Thanks carriers for turning all of us into SMS/MMS feigns…and for raising rates now that we are addicted. Not that I wouldn’t do the same thing.

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4 Comments on “If You Use It, They Will Charge You More”

  1. 1 khylek said at 2:44 pm on July 1st, 2008:

    Wouldn’t it be nice if we could separate the functionality from the carrier?

  2. 2 Garrett Smith said at 3:21 pm on July 1st, 2008:

    @khylek:

    I never thought of that. Sweet idea.

  3. 3 RubenOlsen said at 5:58 pm on July 2nd, 2008:

    The only way to separate SMS functionality from the carrier is to use something “not-SMS” (i.e. a cell phone application that is connected to a stand alone SMSC).

    My guess is that it is just a matter of time before a US Cell Phone Network carrierer stop charging for incoming SMSes.

  4. 4 Brian Kirk said at 11:14 am on July 8th, 2008:

    you & me are on the same page: http://networkip.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/text-messaging-fees-equal-profit-center/

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