Verizon To Charge Content Providers $.03 Per SMS

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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[mangu]

Did they send an email informing everyone of this?

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[spazdor]

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

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[Ethanol-fueled]

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

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[spazdor]

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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[madhurms]

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

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[maniac/dev/null]

they're the same thing, sir.

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[davester666]

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

Fixed it for you...

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[kurzweilfreak]

*woosh*