If you're referring to when you, as a consumer, receive a message from a Short Code in the U.S., you will pay the same amount to receive it as you would with a

If you're referring to when you, as a consumer, receive a message from a Short Code in the U.S., you will pay the same amount to receive it as you would with a Long Code (the regular number). On a related note, this article could be interesting: http://www.quora.com/Why-do-US-carriers-charge-for-incoming-calls-and-text-messages http://www.quora.com/Why-do-US-carriers-charge-for-incoming-...