In 2008, U.S. cell phone users sent more than one trillion text messages. Text messaging is a growing source of revenue for mobile phone providers, especially as pay-per-text rates have doubled in the last couple of years.
Marketplace wants the scoop on what you pay for text messages, if you’ve ever complained about the rates, and if you’ve ever had to justify your texting to your parents, your partner, or even your boss.
Share your insights here. And to keep it fun, why not write an SMS love text to your provider?
From the Public Insight Network:
“AT&T, have you no shame? We all know a text is data by another name.”
—Daniel Rosan, Somerville, MA
“Charging me for unused capacity on your network is silly. Receiving texts should be free, and sending them should be cheaper than talking.”
—Sarah Katz, Madison WI
“It’s not fair to pay for all incoming texts. There should be a block feature so I wouldn’t have to pay for spam or texts I don’t want.”
—Wendy Bolton Brown, Richmond, VA
“Why is texting so expensive? I download 100s of MBs of data every month for $30, but my <1 MB of texts costs me $5.”
—Joel Creswell, Madison WI
Got a good one? Add it below!
Text messaging service is a rip-off add-on service which I dont need, but still being charged for receiving messages that I never open to read because most of them are spam. This is ridiculous!