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OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stop-texting-me-dammit dept.

theodp writes "If you thought gas prices were rising too quickly, writes CNET's Marguerite Reardon, check out what's been happening to text messaging. Since 2005, rates to send and receive text messages on all four major carrier networks have doubled from 10 cents to 20 cents per message. If the same pricing was applied on a per-byte basis to a single MP3 song download, it would set you back almost $24,000 according to one estimate. So why are carriers gouging their customers so? Because they can, concludes Reardon."

6 of 721 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Some data 4 U by WingedHorse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do people put up with this?

    Because we can.

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  2. Sigh by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    517,602,528. There must be something infectious about Verizon and getting your decimal points in the wrong place.

  3. Re:I've never text'd by Kamidari · · Score: 5, Funny

    Furthermore, get off my lawn!

  4. Good gravy! by proverbialcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank god no one texts me duplicate Slashdot stories!

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  5. Re:free by thatseattleguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but....dude, this is *Sprint* you're talking about.

      It's sort of like saying "I asked all these girls to go to bed with me and every one did!", which sounds impressive - until we find out that the only ones you asked were terminally-ill great-grandmothers.

  6. Re:Channel miles by kennygraham · · Score: 5, Funny

    Text messaging costs as much as it does purely to rip people off.

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    The size limit is pathetic too

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    then again I'm quite a verbose person.

    I didn't notice ;)