SMS wrote:
> clifto wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Oh, geez, yet another device to carry around.

IIRC it's cheaper than a message plan and unlimited to boot. I used to carry
two and would again if I had much use for texting. I was disgruntled enough
at two cents per received message that I didn't use it much, and you can bet
that at twenty cents per message it's emergency-only communication for me.

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