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Verizon To Charge Content Providers $.03 Per SMS

Posted by timothy on from the but-there's-no-penny-slot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that Verizon is going to start double-dipping by charging both consumers AND content providers for SMS text messages. Verizon has informed content partners that it will levy a $.03 charge for messages sent to customers, effective November 1. From RCRWireless: 'Countless companies could be affected by the new fee, from players in the booming SMS-search space (4INFO, Google Inc. and ChaCha) to media companies (CNN, ESPN and local outlets) to mobile-couponing startups (Cellfire) to banks and other institutions that use mobile as an extension of customer services.'"

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  1. email? by mangu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did they send an email informing everyone of this?

    1. Re:email? by spazdor · · Score: 5, Funny

      If they did, I'm charging them to read it.

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    2. Re:email? by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 4, Funny

      They're doing it to raise money to pay for their defense fund when the lawsuits from those angry security professionals come pourin' in.

    3. Re:email? by spazdor · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll be glad to take your lawsuits, guys! Once we get the new Litigation Surcharge out of the way.

      That'll be 99 cents per dollar that you're seeking in damages, plz.

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    4. Re:email? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      No, they sent an SMS.

    5. Re:email? by madhurms · · Score: 5, Funny

      More importantly, is it 0.03 dollar or 0.03 cents? :)

    6. Re:email? by maniac/dev/null · · Score: 5, Funny

      they're the same thing, sir.

    7. Re:email? by davester666 · · Score: 4, Funny

      That'll be $1.10 per dollar that you're seeking in damages, plz.

      Fixed it for you...

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    8. Re:email? by kurzweilfreak · · Score: 4, Funny

      *woosh*

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    9. Re:email? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No sir, the whoosh is on you: http://www.verizonmath.com/

    10. Re:email? by sexconker · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think you mean .01 cents.

  2. Obligatory Verizon Math Post by dfm3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, by Verizon Math, $.03 is equal to $3 dollars, right?

  3. Re:They have it all wrong by spazdor · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Assuming that you already know you don't want the call.
    I usually don't find that out until after I pick up.

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  4. Re:Timing is suspect by CajunArson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey Pal! Stop posting facts to counteract Slashdot's Messiah Worship / conspiracy theory groove thing!

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  5. Re:cancel your verizon subscription today by value_added · · Score: 3, Funny

    so now verizon is charging other people money to *call you*. aren't you alrady paying verizon to have a phone number just so people can call you and send you messages.

    I don't how this differs from the way the real world works.

    Verizon is a Las Vegas hotel room. Blackjack may be included, but the hookers and gratuities to both the bellhop and the hookers aren't.

  6. Re:They have it all wrong by Ortega-Starfire · · Score: 3, Funny

    >May they evaporate as the stock market does!!!

    I have a new curse to add to my repetoire. Many thanks.

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  7. Re:They have it all wrong by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not here in europe. My cell phone provider charges a flat fee (20 euros a month) and I get to call and send how many SMS messages I wish. Well, less than 1500 SMS messages a day.

    Yeah, well, that's all well and good but we have better pizza.

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