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Re: Cell Phone Execs Will Face Questions On Text Messaging Price Hikes

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Originally Posted by fms (Post 297160)

It does sound like some kind of insanity to me, really. It is easier to call, after all.

Tell that to our British friends who already did a billion messages a week in 2007 (that's 2.4 messages per day for everybody, from toddler to granny !)

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I have no idea what RSD is, but 4.25 Russian roubles are equivalent to US$ 0.14 and this is the price per megabyte, not per 100kB. Also, MTS' GPRS is quite reliable, albeit sluggish. I use SSH via GPRS and it worked well enough all the way to Byelorussian border.

I do not think it is the same MTS :)

Russia ? Ah, the confusion :) When your were responding to my post referencing 'here' with MTS I thought you were talking about Mobilna Telefonija Srbije (=MTS ;) ), a telco 'here' in my reference frame :) Of course I have no bearing on the Russian MTS or services - I just know that for a <10$ montly plan (on our, Serbian MTS :D ) you get hundreds of free messages, so there is no real incentive for IMs (=not worth the effort).

Also, there is a huge number of SMS services people use here so there is even a bit of inertia at work (e.g. you use SMS for parking, small payments, applications, televoting and whatnot).

Re: Cell Phone Execs Will Face Questions On Text Messaging Price Hikes

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Originally Posted by attila77 (Post 297171)

Tell that to our British friends who already did a billion messages a week in 2007 (that's 2.4 messages per day for everybody, from toddler to granny !)

Crazy, crazy brits. Have probably got nation-wide carpal tunnel syndrome by now. :)

Re: Cell Phone Execs Will Face Questions On Text Messaging Price Hikes

The thing about sms is that its sync free, you send, and the other party reply when they have time.

Ok, i have seen people drop whatever they are holding when their phone beeps about a incoming message. But unless you got a handsfree stuck in your ear 24/7, talking ties up both your and the one your talking to. Something thats not really needed when a short bit of text is all that's required (and it also allows one to save the info about when and where to meet).

But then i live in one of those nations where incoming messages are free, and tethering is part of the basic package ;)

Re: Cell Phone Execs Will Face Questions On Text Messaging Price Hikes

Well, TSO has a point. Part of the SMS nonsense might be that it's become an addiction. It's one of the primary reasons I won't get a blackberry. If I had one of those, I'd never get anything done. :(