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Parents of kids everywhere panic.
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Trying to push people into a "package".
As long as I have some control over it it doesn't bother me. FWIW TM's can also be blocked entirely for free, Too bad they're actually useful now and then,
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My phone sends 'em on its own when it sits in my pocket.
I was unaware there was a charged for RECEIVING them, though.
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My old "digital" plan only had a charge for sending, not receiving. Was still bound to AT&T terms after it was slurped up by Cingular.
I switched to a newer plan and charges for both directions is now standard.
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spineless parents of kids everywhere panic
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what if you have a blackberry/treo/pocket pc type phone and just use internet IM'ing instead??? I can see where the $40-$50 flat rate for data service could be cheaper than 15ยข a pop each way for texting; that's basically 5 round trip texts a day... we have a niece that does that every hour she's awake, don't know what her current carrier is though.
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With CIngular I don't think unlimited text messaging is possible(but I could be wrong), the closest is their $30 a month plan that has 4000(?) messages I believe.
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Micro,
Excellent news because I hate text messaging. Phones are for talking, not texting. If I could block text messaging outright, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Robert