Comments on: SMS marked up 4876%!

By: Ohjiro

Ohjiro — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:21:11 +0000

In the Philippines, subscribers can subscribe to a unlimited SMS messaging prepaid service of 80 pesos for 4 days. However, this only applies to SMS sending within the same network. Assuming 30 days of unlimited SMS, a user would have to subscribe 8 times (7.5 time computed) in a month. That will be roughly 13.33 US Dollars (1 US Dollar = 48.02 Philippine pesos).

However, texting to subscribers in other networks costs 1 peso equivalent to 0.02 US Dollars per SMS sending with 160 characters. That’s around 200 dollars for 10,000 SMS sent.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:37:13 +0000

yeah, with a sidekick, its at least 750 outgoing and 900 incoming a month.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:46:28 +0000

My all time high was 10,000 messages.

But I average about 3k to 4k a month on my Palm Treo

By: kibby

kibby — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:54:14 +0000

wow I ust be behind the times. No more than 1-2 a month. And I freak out about those charges. Couldn’t imagine sending 1500 even with a BB.

By: Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:27:49 +0000

I send loads of txt and I’ve just changed my plan to unlimited txt’s on Orange. I’m based in the UK so I don’t know if unlimited plans are available in the US.

By: Cynic821

Cynic821 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:11:07 +0000

im anywhere between 1500 and 2000 a month. around 50+ per day that evens out too.

By: ClunkClunk

ClunkClunk — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:27 +0000

I can’t believe people pay that much for texting. I don’t text except when a call is very inconvenient simply because I’m too cheap to pay 10c per text. I can’t understand paying more for texting than I do for TiVo service.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:58:55 +0000

I send close to 500 each month, and recieve above and beyond that, averaging at about 2000-3000.

Like blot0 and Mister Macphisto I also live in Australia and pay 22c AUD per text message, it can be quick expensive, that’s for sure.

By: bojon

bojon — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:23:22 +0000

if u gots a mouth and bought a PHONE with a provider… you need to put your mouth over the MICROPHONE and speak your voice into it, then …magic! …the person on the other end will hear your voice thru the other part of the phone called …the SPEAKER ..!!! wow i know, VOICE ! …it must be voodoo…wherez my garlic

By: blot0

blot0 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:36:04 +0000

also being an Australian, txt messaging can be quite expensive.
i can easily do 1000+ per month @ 25c each. with calls on top of that it can end up costing allot quit quickly.

we dont really have much in the way of data plans here, to expensive to be worth it