... a completely pointless metric because no one really cares about it Bullshit. I care that they charge for text messages at all. I want my phone service to b

... a completely pointless metric because no one really cares about it Bullshit. I care that they charge for text messages at all. I want my phone service to be mere plumbing and leave the services on the phone to me and third parties. They should only charge for raw data usage, and that means that text messaging should be virtually free.