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This was due to the 3 big US wireless carrier's colluding to form the Campaign Registry, which is trying to force any business users of SMS to pay a verificatio
by simfree 4y ago
This was due to the 3 big US wireless carrier's colluding to form the Campaign Registry, which is trying to force any business users of SMS to pay a verification fee ($50 iirc) and monthly fees ($ to $$ per month) just so you can send SMS for business reasons, even if it's person to person traffic where your just replying to your clients that texted you.
Had the FCC implemented something like this the rules would be much more consistent and the fee structure would not be so exorbitant, but instead the big 3 have formed a cartel to attempt to control SMS messages in the USA.
- andygmb 4y agoI would love to know if TCR has actually made a meaningful impact to stop spam.
- mshake2 4y agoNot to mention TCR just raised (last november) their monthly prices for the starter brand campaign from $0.75 to $2.00 and included a $4.00 setup fee (which was previously $0) for each starter brand. On top of that they added all kinds of additional registration paperwork for the law-abiding SMS sender. It's infuriating how this organization exists to extort legitimate businesses, and yet we still all receive massive amounts of spam.
- crabl 4y agoTCR also recently introduced a one-time $15 A2P Campaign use case registration fee for vetting the messaging campaign details.
- LarryMullins 4y agoSounds like a pretty good idea to me. I wish businesses were banned from sending any sort of SMS ever for any fee, but this is better than nothing.