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I don’t really understand how that makes it a scam.

• stcredzero 16y ago
  What you pay per megabyte for an SMS is ludicrous.
  • ugh 16y ago
    Sure, but how does that make it a scam? Prices for text messages are well known and there are plenty alternatives available. I’m quite happy that those who frequently write text messages subsidize me. (Competition between carriers is relatively brutal – at least in Germany – so I’m pretty sure that I’m not overcharged.) Were SMS to use email I would see a pretty clear net neutrality problem (still no scam) but if you are using GSM, text messages are technologically very much unlike email.
    • isleyaardvark 16y ago
      > Prices for text messages are well known and there are plenty alternatives available. Maybe in Germany, but not in America. We're calling it a scam because we think it is an example of price-fixing, which is anti-competitive, anti-free market behavior. (http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/guidelines/211578.htm http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/guidelines/211578.htm)
  • eli 16y ago
    What you pay for a luxury handbag is ludicrous too. But that's doesn't make it a "scam." The price is whatever the market can bear. Don't want it? Don't buy it.
    • stcredzero 16y ago
      All of my SMS is free, sent through Google Voice.