The True Cost of SMS Messages

nilbog writes "What's the actual cost of sending SMS messages? This article does the math and concludes that, for example, sending an amount of data that would cost $1 from your ISP would cost over $61 million if you were to send it over SMS. Why has the cost of bandwidth, infrastructure, and technology in general plummeted while the price of SMS messages have risen so egregiously? How can carriers continue to justify the high cost of their apparent super-premium data transmission?"

Comments

Re:Adam Smith sez...

[palegray.net]

it makes more sense to talk while driving instead of trying to type a text message Just curious, have you watched people drive recently? Maybe it's just Connecticut drivers...

Re:Adam Smith sez...Hookers should be free.

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

I'm still waiting for the reason why sex costs so much? Well, yer ugly, and you smell bad. Those are yer good points. Good lookin' blokes, what know how to talk with a bird, like what she's sayin', it's important like. We're the ones what get's it - and has 'em buyin' stuff fer us, too!

Bit a cologne... A blazer... Listenin' a bit more than talkin'. Goes a long way, mate. Sometimes into the next day!

Yer pal, Alfie.

Re:A LOT of air on the prices

[weicco]

It is even easier where I live. I just type "pub 15" and receiver immediately understands that it means a hectic beer drinking festival at the pub starting 15 minutes from now, put on your clothes and get your ass to the pub. So the compression rate is enormous! It also helps that there is only one pub in the town...

Re:Adam Smith sez...

[Gadgetfreak]

If you think CT is bad, try crossing the border to Rhode Island. I seriously think the reason the majority of them don't use their turn signals is because they don't want to reveal their plan to the enemy.