Comments on: Sprint raises SMS fees, claims no material contract violation

By: mickeyp

mickeyp — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:11:58 +0000

whine whine whine, these are companies in business to make money for their shareholders. They offer good plans for sms, all they are doing is pushing people to get the plans. Nothing illegal or unethical here. And yes they can and always will do what they want, they dont make these decisions without doing research, they see how many people are going to quit sms and how many will sign plans.

By: ppcmd

ppcmd — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:31:32 +0000

Obviously they want users on txt msg plans so they can get more for less work. Plan and simple.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:17:40 +0000

That is f**king insane. Who do they think they are, cingular?

By: rio

rio — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:10:03 +0000

Sprint has had the ability to block sms messages for over a year.

By: JJLO

JJLO — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:02:57 +0000

It has come to this and it seems that the carriers…all of them will do what they want.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:24:48 +0000

This is just ridiculous. I can’t believe it has come to this.

By: Pat torney

Pat torney — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:09:50 +0000

The other big companies can’t jump on board to quickly. If everyone jumps up to .20 per text right away, doesn’t that look like price fixing? I imagine they don’t want to be facing a big class-action anti-trust suit.

Although, I’ll admit I know nothing about anti-trust, but it just seems like it would raise some red flags to any class-action attorney looking to make a cool multi-million dollars.

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:08:06 +0000

If they’re going to increase text messaging fees, I hope the extra money goes into developing a method to combat text spam.

Either do that or make incoming text messages free. Or allow users to block text messages completely.

By: test5477

test5477 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:38:47 +0000

this isnt gouging. you said it yourself its prodding. Its only gouging if they did not offer any texting plans. quit whining, if you text then get one of the plans.

By: b.N

b.N — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:06:21 +0000

mikey hit it right on the head, they are herding consumers toward the texting packages using ‘.20c a message’ as the electric prod.

the only ways to beat this is for sprint consumers to quit txting, which won’t happen, or to leave for another provider. unless they see hits to their profit, they will continue to head down this road of consumer gouging.

By: bye_bye_jack

bye_bye_jack — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:02:59 +0000

plans are better for everyone. no surprises for customer, steady revenue for company. win win.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:07:48 +0000

I rarly use text messages I have 300 with my egprs modem rarly use em. This tactic is no doubt geard to pressure you into text plans.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:42:31 +0000

Jeez, isn’t a 300 SMS/month package only $5? That’s the equivalent to 25 messages. Quit bitching and pony up for the package.

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:32:30 +0000

their just pushing people to the packages. .15 to .20 is that really that big if a deal. if you text then just buy the package.

By: bye_bye_jack

bye_bye_jack — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:28:49 +0000

just buy a text package and go crazy

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:14:53 +0000

SMS is hot right now, with many people using it more then voice. Expect the others to follow suit.

By: James G

James G — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:22:29 +0000

20 cents a text message? You’ve got to be joking right?

How much does it actually cost them to move that tiny piece of data? A thousandth of a cent?