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Verizon Wireless Plans to Charge Senders of Text Messages - NYTimes.com
by bucy at 10:15 pm EDT, Oct 10, 2008 |
Jeffrey Nelson, a spokesman for Verizon, said the company was exploring ways to charge fees to commercial senders of text messages to add a new revenue stream to its wireless business. “It is not a free service,” Mr. Nelson said. “It didn’t cost us zero to build or to buy spectrum rights.”
This is obscene. The marginal cost to deliver SMS is practically zero. |
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RE: Verizon Wireless Plans to Charge Senders of Text Messages - NYTimes.com
by Lost at 10:40 pm EDT, Oct 10, 2008 |
bucy wrote: Jeffrey Nelson, a spokesman for Verizon, said the company was exploring ways to charge fees to commercial senders of text messages to add a new revenue stream to its wireless business. “It is not a free service,” Mr. Nelson said. “It didn’t cost us zero to build or to buy spectrum rights.”
This is obscene. The marginal cost to deliver SMS is practically zero.
You know cell carriers take 50% of every freaking ringtone you sell on their network? Bastards. |
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RE: Verizon Wireless Plans to Charge Senders of Text Messages - NYTimes.com
by dc0de at 9:38 am EDT, Oct 11, 2008 |
bucy wrote: Jeffrey Nelson, a spokesman for Verizon, said the company was exploring ways to charge fees to commercial senders of text messages to add a new revenue stream to its wireless business. “It is not a free service,” Mr. Nelson said. “It didn’t cost us zero to build or to buy spectrum rights.”
This is obscene. The marginal cost to deliver SMS is practically zero.
I agree that it is obscene, but unless I Verizon plans to tell me PRIOR to sending a message that there is a charge attached, I plan on refusing to pay for it on my Sprint plan. They can try to back charge, but I will call and have those charges removed. This is absolute bullshit, and just another reason to fire companies that attempt to steal money from you on a constant basis. |
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