Re:Why AT&T Killed Google Voice
by pyre on Wednesday August 19, 2009 @03:29PM
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Whoa... just re-read my post and that was supposed to be $0.35/message... not $35/message. O.o It's too late to edit it though. Sorry for the mis-information.
But as others have said 20-35 cents per message can add up pretty quickly. The entire point of that price is to convince you that it's better to just pay the $10/month for unlimited text messaging. I mean text messages are a max of 140 characters. That's a minuscule amount of information in comparison to voice calls or data plans (checking email,websites,etc) yet they charge an arm and a leg for it.
But as others have said 20-35 cents per message can add up pretty quickly. The entire point of that price is to convince you that it's better to just pay the $10/month for unlimited text messaging. I mean text messages are a max of 140 characters. That's a minuscule amount of information in comparison to voice calls or data plans (checking email,websites,etc) yet they charge an arm and a leg for it.