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| From | chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem |
| Date | 2015-08-04 09:59 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mppupq$qkd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (14 earlier) <mpeiir$f8a$1@dont-email.me> <VA.00000ab1.00942532@me.invalid> <mpmqqn$bs8$1@dont-email.me> <VA.00000ab2.04b4f9d5@me.invalid> <mpo59e$upp$2@dont-email.me> |
On 03/08/2015 17:37, The Real Bev wrote: > On 08/03/2015 07:06 AM, Daniel James wrote: >> In article <mpmqqn$bs8$1@dont-email.me>, The Real Bev wrote: >>>> Seriously? You PAY to receive SMS messages? And you're not roaming? >>> >>> This is special. >> >> OK ... so you're saying that most subscribers on tariffs that aren't >> similarly special don't pay to receive SMS (text) messages? >> >> In the UK, text messages were free (to send and to receive) for a long >> time, then the mobile phone companies started to charge for sending >> (but not receiving) them at typically around 5p or 10p a message, and >> then they started to include some number of messages in any >> contract/PAYG agreement. Typically, nowadays, any but the cheapest >> contract includes "Unlimited" text messages, so the wheel has just >> about turned full circle. >> >>>> What does^Wwould it cost you to send an SMS? >>> >>> I don't understand the question. >> >> Sorry. Please read that as: >> >> What does it cost you to send an SMS (or rather what would it cost you, >> as I guess you don't use SMS much)? >> >> That ^W between "does" and "would" in my earlier post means "delete >> previous word" ... it's a geeky way of writing "does or rather would". >> >> Apologies for the confusion. > > OK, but there will be consequences... > > 10 cents to send or receive. That's a nice racket the US telcos are running over there. Being paid both to send & to receive SMSs - for every SMS sent two fees are paid. Ouch! I guess that's what light-touch regulation gets you. Across the EU (and most countries around the world, I think Thailand is another exception) receiving SMSs via a mobile operator (not special internet or 3rd party arrangements) is always free regardless of where you are.
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Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 22:43 -0700
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 14:33 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 22:50 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:21 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 10:23 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-07-28 08:01 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 10:28 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 12:27 -0700
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 21:17 +0100
SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:08 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 10:42 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:09 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 10:21 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-02 19:51 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 21:32 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 11:13 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:34 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-08-04 19:26 +0200
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-04 15:15 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-03 15:06 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:37 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 09:59 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem John B. Slocomb <johnbslocomb@geemail.com> - 2015-08-04 17:51 +0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 12:03 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem John B. Slocomb <johnbslocomb@geemail.com> - 2015-08-05 08:59 +0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-04 15:15 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 20:50 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 09:33 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 10:39 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 11:56 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 12:18 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2015-08-06 04:39 -0400
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 11:58 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2015-08-06 14:58 +0100
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-08-06 12:16 -0700
Re: SOLVED -- Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 07:39 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:26 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 10:34 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 11:05 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:03 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 14:07 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:05 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:40 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 18:23 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 09:59 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 10:49 +0100
Re: Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen Phone-Answering Problem chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:10 +0100
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