Damn wtf. People still pay per text? Wack
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deleted@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Text messages cost $0.10 each where I live. And it used to cost up to $0.35 each 20 years ago.
The delivery report would count as a message, thus, doubling your bill.
It was used exclusively to deliver news like death or wedding invitations. For other matters which usually need going back and forth, it was cheaper to just make a call.
Christos@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 1 year ago
[deleted]Christos@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Damn that math checks out!! 16.50 for 20gb of data is wayy more worth it than unlimited text
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
the markup on text messaging has always been northern of 99.999%. it costs them almost nothing.
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Originally they were planned to be free. Until the providers realized how popular they are.
ramble81@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Even crazier is they take up almost no bandwidth because they were sent in the unused part of the control packet which was being sent anyway.
FelipeFelop@discuss.online 1 year ago
This is true. When I checked on this about five years ago (in the UK), the cost per message was about £0.00001
With the reduction in the number of SMS sent, it now costs more to bill them. In the UK, even the cheapest monthly contract has unlimited calls and texts. There a pre-pay tariffs as low as £3 a month with calls, texts and some data.
lemmyman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, the marginal cost is basically nothing. Once you have invested billions in infrastructure.
Not saying 10 cents isn’t outrageous, just that 0.001 cents seems low