I'm really not surprised by this. When I worked for SunCom (AT&T) Wireless years ago, the sales reps would show people how to get FREE weather, stock quotes, etc., from MSN Mobile. Once upper management got wind of it they had the enginneers create their own version of this for everyone and charged them $12.00 a month for it. The same service but with a charge to it. Within a year, instead of touting the free stuff available out there, they were marketing the SunCom branded version that was giving them the same thing that is available for free.
Text messaging is simply nothing more than a glorified quick mail system. Typically most carriers throw that into your phone package for free, yet many pay an additionaly amount to text message. While its much more convenient, most carriers provide free e-mail which in itself is pretty much the same thing, however it's not as "convenient" as the little sms messenger.
I was told by some of the engineers, that in the Wireless world, if they can find a way to measure it, they will charge you for it.
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I'm really not surprised by this. When I worked for SunCom (AT&T) Wireless years ago, the sales reps would show people how to get FREE weather, stock quotes, etc., from MSN Mobile. Once upper management got wind of it they had the enginneers create their own version of this for everyone and charged them $12.00 a month for it. The same service but with a charge to it. Within a year, instead of touting the free stuff available out there, they were marketing the SunCom branded version that was giving them the same thing that is available for free. Text messaging is simply nothing more than a glorified quick mail system. Typically most carriers throw that into your phone package for free, yet many pay an additionaly amount to text message. While its much more convenient, most carriers provide free e-mail which in itself is pretty much the same thing, however it's not as "convenient" as the little sms messenger. I was told by some of the engineers, that in the Wireless world, if they can find a way to measure it, they will charge you for it.