Todd H. wrote:
> Just noticed an unpleasant bit on this month's statement:
>
> "Effective 3/30/08, AT&T will charge 20 cents for text/instant messags
> and 30cents for picture video messages sent or received on a pay per
> use basis."
>
>
> The old rate for text was 15 cents.

Ouch. Verizon is sure to follow with a similar increase. Clearly the
carriers are going to continue to raise texting rates until they can get
enough subscribers to sign up for a monthly texting plan which greatly
increases the ARPU.

I turned off texting on our phones as I was getting too many junk text
messages. At 5¢ it was no big deal, at 15¢ it was a bigger deal.

PagePlus is as low as 3.5¢ for text messages.