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No Stupid [email protected] • 6 months ago

Why are SMS messages so expensive?

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Why are SMS messages so expensive?

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No Stupid [email protected] • 6 months ago

Is there any reason, beyond corporate greed, for SMS messages to cost so much?

If I get it right, an SMS message is just a short string of data, no different from a message we send in a messenger. If so, then what makes them so expensive? If we’d take Internet plans and consider how much data an SMS takes, we should pay tiny fraction of a cent for each message; why doesn’t that happen?

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I didnt know SMS is expensive. I know it was but i thought it was free nowadays.
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  When you say free, as in totally free that you can send and receive anytime even without a plan? Or you mean free because it is already included in your prepaid or postpaid plan?
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    Free as in: unlimited calls and texts are included in pretty much all but the most bargain bin plans nowadays.
    
    I was looking for a new cell provider a couple months ago, and I honestly don’t recall even seeing a plan that didn’t come with unlimited talk and text.
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    1•6 months ago
    Outside of the legally required 911 you’re not getting anything for 100% free from a carrier, because why would they?

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