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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."

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  1. Re:Is this really an issue? by jez9999 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    actually, with the new plan from AT&T with the 3G IPhone

    If you paid for an iPhone, I don't think you really care about price.

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    == Jez ==
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  2. Re:Some data 4 U by TaliesinWI · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, I got Grammar Nazied.

    Since you're looking up things, try "colloquial".

    Don't forget to castigate people for going to the "ATM machine" while you're at it.

    (The above written mostly in jest.)
    (Mostly.)