clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in news:j04195-bj7.ln1@remote.clifto.com:

> They'd make more money charging 5 cents per text message and keeping
all
> their customers than losing 99% of texters. They won't do either, and
> eventually people will wise up and get alpha pagers.
>
>

There's hardly any pager companies left, any more.