Texting Charges

• ernest_t_bass

  

  Seriously... Why do companies charge so much for texting? And why do companies charge YOU for when someone ELSE sends you a text? I used to be with a company called Centennial, and ALL incoming texts were free. Their motto was, if YOU'RE not sending it, you shouldn't have to pay for it. Same with all incoming calls. Well, AT&T bought them out, so now I'm with them. I like AT&T's rollover plan, but why not use it on texts as well?
  
  /Rant
  
  Question... who has the BEST cell packages out there, where the customer is not fu*ked over so much?
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  get on that unlimited shit homey.
• Jawbreaker

  I use Google voice for most of my texting.
  
  I have no clue why they charge so much for texting. It is not a priority packet on their network so a text message only sends when there is free bandwidth. For the most part, it doesn't add any more stress to the network.
• rookie_j70

  

  not to sound like an ass.
  
  but componies know that people often text more than call thesedays. so why not make money of it
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I'd like to see AT&T do rollover texts. Maybe also a family plan for texts. They give you shared minutes, why not shared texts? STOOPID!
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Verizon has a ten dollar unlimited text package
• darbypitcher22

  

  I've got unlimited on Sprint.
  
  Anybody ever checked how many they send a month? I've seen some ungodly numbers for some of my friend's phones....
• thavoice

  ^^Lil over 21,000 last month..and will be around 20k again this month.
  
  I know..pretty sad.
• imex99

  

  Sprint:
  
  Everything Data - with Any Mobile, Anytime
  
  This plan includes
  
  * Any Mobile, Anytime: Unlimited domestic calls from the Sprint network to and from ANY U.S. mobile phone regardless of carrier. Any network, any time.
  * Unlimited data: Web surfing, email, BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS), GPS Navigation, Sprint TV and Radio, NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
  * Unlimited Direct Connect: Direct Connect and Group Connect (for capable phones)
  * Unlimited messaging: Text, pictures and video
  * Talk: Night calling and weekends starting at 7 p.m., nationwide long distance and no roaming charges
  
  
  450 minutes : $69.99
  
  With free mobile to mobile I talk nearly 2000 minutes a month and free calls after 7pm. I also have 5 friends and family and all those are landlines and free.
• coyotes22

  

  imex99 wrote: Sprint:
  
  Everything Data - with Any Mobile, Anytime
  
  This plan includes
  
  * Any Mobile, Anytime: Unlimited domestic calls from the Sprint network to and from ANY U.S. mobile phone regardless of carrier. Any network, any time.
  * Unlimited data: Web surfing, email, BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS), GPS Navigation, Sprint TV and Radio, NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
  * Unlimited Direct Connect: Direct Connect and Group Connect (for capable phones)
  * Unlimited messaging: Text, pictures and video
  * Talk: Night calling and weekends starting at 7 p.m., nationwide long distance and no roaming charges
  
  
  450 minutes : $69.99
  
  With free mobile to mobile I talk nearly 2000 minutes a month and free calls after 7pm. I also have 5 friends and family and all those are landlines and free.

  
  I have this, but the family plan, which has 1500 mins a month.
• krambman

  

  They charge you for incoming texts because you agree to receive incoming texts. I came to the texting party pretty late, and I had friends who used to text me and I would get charged whether or not I opened the text. If you don't text and you don't want to get charged for receiving texts, then you can have texting turned off so that your phone cannot receive them.
• Laley23

  

  Texting, via a study, is the MOST PROFITABLE thing going right now. Companies make a shit ton of money per text for the amount it costs them.
• coyotes22

  

  ernest_t_bass wrote: Seriously... Why do companies charge so much for texting? And why do companies charge YOU for when someone ELSE sends you a text? I used to be with a company called Centennial, and ALL incoming texts were free. Their motto was, if YOU'RE not sending it, you shouldn't have to pay for it. Same with all incoming calls. Well, AT&T bought them out, so now I'm with them. I like AT&T's rollover plan, but why not use it on texts as well?
  
  /Rant
  
  Question... who has the BEST cell packages out there, where the customer is not fu*ked over so much?

  Are you sexting with your students?
• I Wear Pants

  They charge so much for texts because they can. It costs them basically nothing because the bandwidth used is so slow but they know that people love to text.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  coyotes22 wrote:
  
  Are you sexting with your students?

  No, b/c freehuddle.com is the place where teachers and students hook up. I don't need to sex them.