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Personally, a bigger deal for me would be if they required the carriers to go to move to a "pay to send" for text messages. I hate it that someone else can forc

Personally, a bigger deal for me would be if they required the carriers to go to move to a "pay to send" for text messages. I hate it that someone else can force me to incur a charge for unwanted text messages.

knodi 13y ago
US carriers are the only ones that do this. Such a shame.
gizmo686 13y ago
As someone who is not involved in the industry, it seems weird that this issue hasn't been resolved by the market yet. The only major downside I can see to an individual carrier offering a pay to send plan is that unless they can get other carriers on board, they risk loosing when they interface with the other networks. However, they already have to deal with carriers in other countries (where from reading comments here, it sounds like do use a pay to send model).
- shreyansj 13y ago
  The could start by introducing pay-to-send within their own network. If it gets traction, other carriers may follow suit.
warfangle 13y ago
Which carrier does this? I literally cannot think of one, even down to the bare-minimum $15/mo plans from, say, Virgin Mobile. It strikes me as one of those situations that screams "You're being scammed." Is this some flyover local carrier that I'm not aware of (I hear it complained about all the time), or is it some archaic and masochistic plan that people bend themselves over backward to whip themselves with? Or is it simply that those are the plans that don't offer text messaging? In which case, situations like spamming black pages at remote fax machines come to mind. And all the legal ramifications involved.
- nerfhammer 13y ago
  Yes, you are being scammed, and all US carriers charge for incoming text messages. AT&T: $0.20 per SMS or $0.30 per MMS, both ways. or text plan for unlimited messages for an additional $20/month http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=52588&cv=820#fbid=R58fP1M93Bv http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=52588&cv=820#fbi... Verizon: $0.20 per SMS or $0.25 per MMS, both ways. or text plans an additional $5-$20/month, no unlimited option. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/planMessagingOverlay.jsp http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/planMessagingOverla... Sprint: $0.20 per SMS or $0.25 per MMS, both ways. or text plans an additional $5-$20/month, with $20/month being unlimited. http://www.sprint.com/landings/attachables/ http://www.sprint.com/landings/attachables/ T-Mobile: $0.20 per SMS or MMS, both ways. I think all current plans have unlimited text though, not sure. http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2825 http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2825
  - rycho 13y ago
    I remember getting unlimited texting for $5 a month from Verizon circa 2005, and it was $0.10 per text without the plan. Why are phone plans just getting worse...
    - nerfhammer 13y ago
      Here's Consumer Reports complaining about this in 2008: 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...

knodi 13y ago

US carriers are the only ones that do this. Such a shame.

gizmo686 13y ago

As someone who is not involved in the industry, it seems weird that this issue hasn't been resolved by the market yet. The only major downside I can see to an individual carrier offering a pay to send plan is that unless they can get other carriers on board, they risk loosing when they interface with the other networks. However, they already have to deal with carriers in other countries (where from reading comments here, it sounds like do use a pay to send model).

shreyansj 13y ago
The could start by introducing pay-to-send within their own network. If it gets traction, other carriers may follow suit.

warfangle 13y ago

Which carrier does this? I literally cannot think of one, even down to the bare-minimum $15/mo plans from, say, Virgin Mobile. It strikes me as one of those situations that screams "You're being scammed." Is this some flyover local carrier that I'm not aware of (I hear it complained about all the time), or is it some archaic and masochistic plan that people bend themselves over backward to whip themselves with? Or is it simply that those are the plans that don't offer text messaging? In which case, situations like spamming black pages at remote fax machines come to mind. And all the legal ramifications involved.

nerfhammer 13y ago
Yes, you are being scammed, and all US carriers charge for incoming text messages. AT&T: $0.20 per SMS or $0.30 per MMS, both ways. or text plan for unlimited messages for an additional $20/month http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=52588&cv=820#fbid=R58fP1M93Bv http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=52588&cv=820#fbi... Verizon: $0.20 per SMS or $0.25 per MMS, both ways. or text plans an additional $5-$20/month, no unlimited option. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/planMessagingOverlay.jsp http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/planMessagingOverla... Sprint: $0.20 per SMS or $0.25 per MMS, both ways. or text plans an additional $5-$20/month, with $20/month being unlimited. http://www.sprint.com/landings/attachables/ http://www.sprint.com/landings/attachables/ T-Mobile: $0.20 per SMS or MMS, both ways. I think all current plans have unlimited text though, not sure. http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2825 http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2825
- rycho 13y ago
  I remember getting unlimited texting for $5 a month from Verizon circa 2005, and it was $0.10 per text without the plan. Why are phone plans just getting worse...
  - nerfhammer 13y ago
    Here's Consumer Reports complaining about this in 2008: 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...