Re: What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
Date: December 29, 2008 9:55:38 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About  
Texting
Reply-To: tongia () cmu edu

Dave,

Let's not forget that in the US, perhaps as an artifact of the billing  
system where airtime costs money (dialing AND incoming calls), we pay  
to receive text messages.  Thus, carriers make perhaps twice as much  
per text. To compare, in India, SMS (text) messages can cost as little  
as $0.01, with free incoming.

What I really hate is text spam (thankfully, there is yet limited  
telemarketing to cell phones).  Sure, carriers are instructed to  
refund the $0.20 if we call, complain, and show them it was spam.  45  
minutes to do that...no thanks.

Sure, there are ways to minimize texting spam, but the best methods  
cut down useful automated messages as well.

Rahul

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Senior Systems Scientist

Program in Computation, Organizations, and Society (COS)
School of Computer Science (ISR) /
Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
tel: 412-268-5619
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email: tongia () cmu edu
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David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
> From: Gary Johnston <johnston () nku edu>
> Date: December 29, 2008 9:03:18 AM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting
> Well of course they don't want to reveal their costs. If it cost  
> them 10 mils per message I'd be surprised. They are using "what the  
> market will bear" pricing. Keep in mind that the marketplace is  
> paying >$1 for a little bottle of tap water.
> Gary Johnston
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