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Re: Young Cell Users Rack Up Debt, One Dime Message at a Time

Isaiah Beard (sacredpoet@sacredpoet.com)
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:43:59 -0500

Tony P. wrote:

> Interesting that they actually charge for SMS now. Back about ten
> years ago when OmniPoint first came on the scene SMS was free.

They charge for SMS now because now, you can actually SMS with other
US carriers, and unfortunately for everyone, that interoperabiltiy
doesn't come free. Verisign is the company that handles intercarrier
SMS in the United States for most of these cell companies through
their Metcalf solution, and they charge a fee per message to the
carriers for this favor, the cost of which is then passed on to the
end user.

For more info:

http://tinyurl.com/43c3j

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