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You might be paying $1,000 per MB of SMS


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:39:51 -0400



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From: Debi Jones <debi.jones () gmail com>
Date: July 29, 2007 1:55:08 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: You might be paying $1,000 per MB of SMS
Reply-To: mojo () mobilejones com

Most mobile phone subscribers love texting. And they love that it saves them money over making phone calls. Ten to twenty cents for a communique versus $.10 per minute for voice is seductive, indeed.

But have you ever gone through an exercise to determine how much per MB SMS is costing you? This comparative cost exercise demonstrates why carriers/operators continue to receive the lion's share of their data revenue from SMS. At $600 - $1,000 per MB, what is standard margin for the telcos is a web company's wet dream.

http://mobilejones.com/2007/07/27/you-might-be-paying-1000-per-mb-for- sms/

for IP if you wish

...Debi Jones

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