Thread: Pidgin: A simple way to beat SMS text messaging fees
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2009-10-02 , 01:59
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Originally Posted by nilchak View Post
Yes you are right - if I send an SMS to a phone - the receiving person will be charged.
Hello DoS on your pocket. Hmm, also the disadvantage of IPv6 instead of NATed IPv4 on your mobile phone

Originally Posted by Lord Raiden View Post
Right, but don't you cost them money for receiving the text? The idea is to not get either party charged for text messages.
Yes, even if they don't have a data plan yet have IM that is an issue. On MSN you have a 'mobile' flag which an application can enable (Mig33 does). So you then know they type slower, that they must scroll if you type a lot, that any messages you send costs them money, that they cannot open URIs including URLs, that you cannot send voice clips/custom_icons/audio/video/etc, or that the status (online) does not mean they're at the phone. That kind of stuff.
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