12-28-2008, 06:12 AM
I think she's right at 1500 messages/month. Besides, saving $5/mo isn't the big part of the deal. I've heard that you can enable sms blocking on your account. If she can do that and notify her friends of her sms address that goes to the AIM account, they can just respond there and all would be good. One question...do they charge both for the incoming and outgoing text message? It's equally absurd that they would charge for incoming, since you have no protection against spam, but I'm guessing they do it, essentially doubling their profit.
This really is a scam. It adds $480 to the cost of the phone. Just on principle I want to find a way around it. An SMS message uses only a tiny fraction of the bandwidth needed to send a phone call or email with picture. Pure profit, nothing more.
This really is a scam. It adds $480 to the cost of the phone. Just on principle I want to find a way around it. An SMS message uses only a tiny fraction of the bandwidth needed to send a phone call or email with picture. Pure profit, nothing more.