Wow. This sucks! SMS is taking away from voice minutes. Damn bandits. Let me guess their excuse is, high gas prices?
branden
· 1 year ago
haha. high gas prices. lovely. no doubt.
Jevon
· 1 year ago
Well, they do have to truck those bits from one place to another. Why do you think your TXT message can be so delayed sometimes? (90 minutes for me today a few times)
WirelessGuy
· 1 year ago
Intercarrier SMS by chance? Blame the delay on shoddy infrastructure provided by a third party and technology differences which made the intercarrier gateway necessary in the first place.
Same with Telus actually, at the end of August I believe... I hope this doesn't turn into a trend!
Jevon
· 1 year ago
In Canada, 2 makes more than a trend. ;-)
WirelessGuy
· 1 year ago
It's not a trend, it's a cartel. :-)
heri
· 1 year ago
I was in France before Montreal, and over there, people who receive calls on their mobile phones don't pay anything.
Everybody takes it for granted since you can't control who calls you. It might be one dear friends, but also a telemarketer or someone who misdialled.
this was the most natural of things until I landed in Canada and actually learned that you have to pay if someone calls you.
I strongly believe this practice is one of the main reasons why mobile phone penetration is much higher in North America, especially Canada, compared to Europe. Over there, everyone has a mobile phone, with many of my friends having a couple or three.
WirelessGuy
· 1 year ago
Having 2 or 3 SIM cards is the other side of the coin - who *really* wants to juggle multiple SIM cards just so they can get a better rate?
You're correct, one of the major reasons why mobile phone penetration is so low here is because of unlimited landline free local calling zones. People here expect to make local calls for free at all times - and do - affordably , both incoming and outgoing. Plus, the landline infrastructure is great here and readily available. This has not always been the case in a lot of European countries.
Network operator policy and technology such as network/carrier incompatibilities, CDMA, and the lack of openly unlocked GSM handsets, to name a few, also have contributed.
WirelessGuy
· 1 year ago
Monkey see, monkey do.
Most US carriers are charging for incoming text now. Why would our greedy Canadian counterparts choose to leave that revenue on the table when the Americans have set the precedent? This is a move to improve ARPU by incenting you to sign up to a $5+ monthly text package. The actual costs to deliver text messaging are decreasing every due to depreciation of the infrastructure used to deliver it. Factor in volume discounting in intra-carrier SMS deals too.
Rogers is next. Count on it.
What's on the horizon? $0.20 per message.
oppy69
· 1 year ago
hey, if you don't want to pay to receive text messages, just ask to opt out of the feature (SMST). surely they can't force you to pay for a service you don't want.
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I hope this doesn't turn into a trend!
Everybody takes it for granted since you can't control who calls you. It might be one dear friends, but also a telemarketer or someone who misdialled.
this was the most natural of things until I landed in Canada and actually learned that you have to pay if someone calls you.
I strongly believe this practice is one of the main reasons why mobile phone penetration is much higher in North America, especially Canada, compared to Europe. Over there, everyone has a mobile phone, with many of my friends having a couple or three.
You're correct, one of the major reasons why mobile phone penetration is so low here is because of unlimited landline free local calling zones. People here expect to make local calls for free at all times - and do - affordably , both incoming and outgoing. Plus, the landline infrastructure is great here and readily available. This has not always been the case in a lot of European countries.
Network operator policy and technology such as network/carrier incompatibilities, CDMA, and the lack of openly unlocked GSM handsets, to name a few, also have contributed.
Most US carriers are charging for incoming text now. Why would our greedy Canadian counterparts choose to leave that revenue on the table when the Americans have set the precedent? This is a move to improve ARPU by incenting you to sign up to a $5+ monthly text package. The actual costs to deliver text messaging are decreasing every due to depreciation of the infrastructure used to deliver it. Factor in volume discounting in intra-carrier SMS deals too.
Rogers is next. Count on it.
What's on the horizon? $0.20 per message.