Comments on: Canada Text message rates have huge markup

By: hp printer scanner worx

hp printer scanner worx — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:19:52 +0000

Movers is totally right. At some point the cost of messaging will float to the top of the collective conciousness and people will be calling in to cancel their service for something cheaper and market pressure will begin to push the prices down. Seems like a good subject for twitter, whatever twitter is.

By: Get Paid To Write At Home- $400 a Day

Get Paid To Write At Home- $400 a Day — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:42:34 +0000

Uuum, this is exactly why I use MetroPCS. One flat rate and unlimited texting! LOL

By: Movers

Movers — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:15 +0000

Unfortunately this is not a well known issue. For as long as text messages have been around they have always cost the companies next to nothing. But people have gotten used to paying 15 cents per message and think it’s normal. On one hand it’s huge price gouging but on the other hand this is the point of capitalism – if the customers are willing to pay 15-20 cents per message, the companies will charge that much. It’s basic economics.

By: jlbraaten

jlbraaten — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:43:30 +0000

Are the Canadian rates any less than the US rates? It’s all one big racket if you ask me. SMS is one big rip-off. With the increase of smart phones, the carriers better start building more margin into their data plans or they’ll soon be in trouble once text messages go away in lieu of full blown social media capabilities of smart phones.

By: rome tours

rome tours — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:44:07 +0000

i think that the consumer comes first and this mark up is exaggerated.

By: Kagemand

Kagemand — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:39:27 +0000

This is really bad for those people who text more than uses their mobile phones for calling, the huge markup is not reasonable to begin with, they really need to think this over again and analyze the situation. They need to balance things out, what is best for consumer and beneficial for their company and not just for the company alone. Thanks for this article.