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[cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - deckeda - 08-18-2011
Meaning, the tiers are gone. With a new contract you could still text but they'd charge you per text. If you want the cheaper 200-limit or whatever it is, sign up before next week.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/08/new-att-texting-plans-are-unlimited-or-nothing.ars
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - Seacrest - 08-18-2011
Not "none," just a per-text charge of $.20.
If you only text sporadically, like I do*, then the twenty cents is livable, if still overpriced.
*Zero TXTs last month.
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - deckeda - 08-18-2011
Hence the quote marks. See more below.
That intern nippin' at your heels today?
1) take intern to Hooters tomorrow for happy hour.
2) take photo of intern being drunk.
3) "profit"
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - Carnos Jax - 08-18-2011
The shame of all this is that from an infrastructure point of view, it costs the cell phone companies nothing to provide texting services.
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - rgG - 08-18-2011
Carnos Jax wrote:
The shame of all this is that from an infrastructure point of view, it costs the cell phone companies nothing to provide texting services.
Exactly! They are treating this as a pure profit center. If they can't make money on you one way, they will another.
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - Seacrest - 08-18-2011
deckeda wrote:
Hence the quote marks. See more below.
That intern nippin' at your heels today?
1) take intern to Hooters tomorrow for happy hour.
2) take photo of intern being drunk.
3) "profit"
Damn, I knew I shoulda put quote marks around your quote marks.
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - Trouble - 08-18-2011
I've got mine blocked. I wouldn't mind going with the $5 a month 200 plan, but they have taken that away as well. I view the $10 a month plan as 1 1/2 months of service.
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - timg - 08-18-2011
I have my texting on Verizon blocked and just use Google Voice to send/receive texts "for free".
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - decay - 08-18-2011
wife & i are still on 200 txts for $5/mo. we never go over.
Re: [cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none" - vision63 - 08-18-2011
jeez. I do hundreds and hundreds of texts every month. Maybe more.