TXT MSGS: is it worth paying for.

[secret_anx]

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I have read from some computerworld and gadget article about how text messages been transferred from one phone to the other and how much does it cost to maintain.

And I was really shocked of what i've read. Check this out: (quoted from Dan Moren)

December 29, 2008 (MacWorld) Much as I've tried to avoid it, text messaging has become part of our society, with an estimated 2.5 trillion messages sent in 2008. But like anybody else who's thought long and hard about the perils of texting, I've found myself wondering: Why is it so expensive? The major providers charge around 20 cents for sending tiny messages that are about 160 characters long.
Meanwhile, the same companies are sending a higher volume of far-more-complicated voice data every single day for prices that are far lower. Furthermore, if you buy your messages in bulk -- AT&T's $5 for 200 messages, for example -- it lowers the price per message to almost one-tenth of what individual messages cost. Which makes text messaging almost pure profit for the wireless companies -- especially if you don't use the full amount of messages you pay for.
The real question, of course, is how much does text messaging cost the wireless companies? Well, according to a professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo in Canada, that cost is next to nothing. Turns out that not only is sending the text messages extremely cheap, it also uses bandwidth called "control channels" which are there to manage the operations of the network. That space is set aside, regardless of whether or not it's being used (think of it as an empty carpool lane at rush hour).
It's hard to say whether or not this situation will change in the foreseeable future: With just four companies dominating the U.S. wireless industry, competition is not exactly running rampant. However, new questions about pricing have been raised recently by a letter to the providers from Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and by nearly 20 class-action lawsuits that have hit the carriers with charges of price-fixing.

How can we make our appeal for reasonable adjustment of the current price for sms? Is there still a hope for a fair change (in favor to the consumer of course!)?

Howcome NTC allowed those big companies to cheat on the consumer? Does it mean that the government is just after the money but not the welfare of the common people?

Post your comments on this issue and some suggestions on how can we be heard if we sound off about this matter.

[k.A.i]

lahi man ang pricing diri sa pinas bai.

para nako noh,
nakapalit kag celfone nya wla kay ikapalit ug load

naa may unlitxt,etc.. diri,
grabeha sad ah reklamo gihapon ta?

yeah i know, it cost near to nothing.
pero usa mana sa nagpabuhi sa mga companies...

opinion ko lang.....

[lraM]

Worth ra siguro oi. Ug gamiton lang sa ensakto. Mahal baya padala sulat or telegrama nya dugay pa jud abot.

[lecreigh]

sa US mn na nga situations.. mahal btaw na ilang mga txt2 dra. naa ko customer once nga nag storya mi sa cost about a wireless connection versus akong isp dri, na shock xa cos ako mn gi convert among bayronon every month to dollars.. mao toh. mahal jud sila ngadto. and i think reasonable ra pud ang price sa txt nato dri sa pinas.. IMO lang na ha! nwei, di nmn sad kaau ko mag txt oi cos wala tym... so wala na pud ko load2! lols..

[ingkiang]

from wat my bro told me, mahal jud ang text nila ngad2....if motext ka, bayad ka...if naa motext nmo mgbayad gehapon ka...dn if gusto ka nga if naa manawag nmo dn gusto nmo mo appear sa imong phonebook mgbayad ka sa provider...mahal jud sila ngad2 compare sa a2 ngari...

[hobie]

Ok ra ang pricing diri sa the Philippines regarding sms, kana lang unta dili nila kawaton ato mga extra load btaw. Our country has the cheapest sms charge, I don't know about the calls but sa sms Im confident about my statement.

[secret_anx]

lahi man ang pricing diri sa pinas bai.

para nako noh,
nakapalit kag celfone nya wla kay ikapalit ug load

it's not about my capacity to buy a load.

ang ako lang punto ba mahal ra ila singil sa text where in fact the cost of maintenance is not that big compared sa ila gisingil sa ato.

imagina lang unsa kadako sa singil sa globe and smart sa panahon nga wla pa ang unlimited text sa sun...

but then again just my 2cents peace bro

[seeteemahsuu]

The major providers charge around 20 cents for sending tiny messages that are about 160 characters long.

> dire sa 'Pinas, 1 SMS would cost the equivalent of 2 US cents (1 peso @ 1:50 xchange rate) which is 1/10 their rate. para nako, that's reasonably cheap.

[Verst Eltone]

para nako worth jud kay important messages ra man ako e-txt...\m/

[k.A.i]

it's not about my capacity to buy a load.

ang ako lang punto ba mahal ra ila singil sa text where in fact the cost of maintenance is not that big compared sa ila gisingil sa ato.

imagina lang unsa kadako sa singil sa globe and smart sa panahon nga wla pa ang unlimited text sa sun...

but then again just my 2cents peace bro

wahehehe.

nganung karon pa man ni nga issue nga sauna wla man ta nireklamo?
kay na-issue sa amerika sunod sad ta?


peace