I'm not sure in which part of the country you're in, or if the rates vary from contract/plan to contract/plan, but I've been charged for spam SMS messages @ 15c apiece, and had to contact Telus to have the charges removed. They reversed the charge, however, they told me it was a one-time deal.
The tech who dealt with my case informed me there's no way for customers to be selective about what SMS messages are received (whereas we can choose to answer a phone call), that even if your handset is off when a message is sent you will still have the message waiting for you when the handset is turned on, and that every message received will be billed to the client. The only recourse available is to totally disable reception of SMS messages, which is exactly what I did. Like yourself, I don't use them, although I have never had a deluge of spam.
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I'm not sure in which part of the country you're in, or if the rates vary from contract/plan to contract/plan, but I've been charged for spam SMS messages @ 15c apiece, and had to contact Telus to have the charges removed. They reversed the charge, however, they told me it was a one-time deal.
The tech who dealt with my case informed me there's no way for customers to be selective about what SMS messages are received (whereas we can choose to answer a phone call), that even if your handset is off when a message is sent you will still have the message waiting for you when the handset is turned on, and that every message received will be billed to the client. The only recourse available is to totally disable reception of SMS messages, which is exactly what I did. Like yourself, I don't use them, although I have never had a deluge of spam.