[cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none"

[deckeda]

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...othing.ars

[Seacrest]

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.

[deckeda]

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"

[Carnos Jax]

The shame of all this is that from an infrastructure point of view, it costs the cell phone companies nothing to provide texting services.

[rgG]

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.

[Seacrest]

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.

[Trouble]

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.

[timg]

I have my texting on Verizon blocked and just use Google Voice to send/receive texts "for free".

[decay]

wife & i are still on 200 txts for $5/mo. we never go over.

[vision63]

jeez. I do hundreds and hundreds of texts every month. Maybe more.