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> I got started with GV back when carriers were charging $0.25/each to send or receive texts What? Unlimited texting has been included in every phone plan I've
by tedmiston 10y ago
> I got started with GV back when carriers were charging $0.25/each to send or receive texts
What? Unlimited texting has been included in every phone plan I've ever had since the first iPhone or earlier, before Google Voice existed.
- mwfunk 10y agoUnlimited SMS has been the norm for a little while now (5ish years maybe?), but it wasn't too long ago that the lower tier plans for every mobile carrier in the US (not sure about elsewhere) had a per text charge, possibly after hitting a low monthly limit on free texts, or possibly with no free texts at all.
- SamBam 10y ago> every phone plan I've ever had since the first iPhone Exactly... You realize there was a time before then, right? In the mid 2000s, texts cost between 10-20c to send, unless you bought a bundled plan, which weren't actually that common then, and even then you were limited to usually 200 texts/mo. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/aboutus/mission/viewpoint/why-text-messaging-is-too-expensive/overview/text-messaging-ov.htm http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/aboutus/mission/viewpoint...