As this article addresses, it seems that wireless carriers are charging too much money for text messages, even though the technology and convenience of such things are getting better and better. As the article put it:
"The group said that 600 text messages contain less data than a 1 minute phone call. It said that at 20 cents a text message, wireless carriers would collect $120 for 600 messages."
That doesn't sound right at all. It's not much of a surprise though, considering companies tend to nickel and dime you for every single feature unless you buy one of their package deals. Personally, I have free text messaging, but for those who pay this much for text still, this seems absurd. Hopefully cell phone companies will soon either justify themselves with why they're prices are so high, OR, there could be some unified drop in rates for text across the board for all carriers. Inflation is effecting the prices of lots of things, but text messages should not be one of them.
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As text messaging becomes more and more common, I bet it will start to come standard with people's cell phone. Like how once upon a time you had to pay extra to get a cd player in your car, and now it's a standard feature. It's interesting to think about how pricing models work, and why we may be willing to pay for some services and not others.
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