texting and data plan

[walking puma]

Originally Posted by projectdarkside

I wonder why Att unlimited text is like 20-25 dollars, yet go to T-Mobile and get the same thing for $15 dollars

I can get 600 minutes with unlimited nights and weekends, along with data and unlimited text at T-mobile for $60 dollars!!!!
-And the Att iPhone v1 lowest plan of 450 min with data and 200 text was $60 dollars

i got a letter saying the text price for t mobile is going up though :-/

[walking puma]

Originally Posted by aenti

yea, but from what i've heard, all major phone companies are undergoing a lawsuit for price gauging.

there is little to no costs on texting for texts. the 20 cent per text is pure profit, and so is the 15-20 unlimited txt plans.

we advance so far in technology...only to pay 20 for the ability to text...on a phone. lol.

do you have any more info on the lawsuit?

[SkyyBoy]

the lack of MMS on the iPhone just shows how little bargaining power AT&T has with Apple.
MMS is a *huge* cash cow for AT&T, but they haven't been able to force Apple to include it yet.

[projectdarkside]

Originally Posted by walking puma

i got a letter saying the text price for t mobile is going up though :-/

-Well atleast it will still be cheaper than Att. . .?

[Dustu2]

Isn't there any type of app to be made, or website to be found, that allows the sending and receiving of free txt messages, aside from doing it through AIM or something like that?

Originally Posted by aenti

yea, but from what i've heard, all major phone companies are undergoing a lawsuit for price gauging.

I'd like more information on this as well.

EDIT: I went and google'd "free text messaging" and there are plenty of sites that send text messages for free, but I can't think of a way to get around receiving messages for free.

[walking puma]

Originally Posted by projectdarkside

-Well atleast it will still be cheaper than Att. . .?

yeah i think it still will

[walking puma]

Originally Posted by Dustu2

Isn't there any type of app to be made, or website to be found, that allows the sending and receiving of free txt messages, aside from doing it through AIM or something like that?




I'd like more information on this as well.

thats what i was thinking. why can't a text messaging app be made. I bet that there is someone willing to make an application rather than spend extra money every month.

[dturner]

Originally Posted by walking puma

thats what i was thinking. why can't a text messaging app be made. I bet that there is someone willing to make an application rather than spend extra money every month.

Might see something like this via jailbreaking, but you will never see it in the App Store.

[Mrsmaris]

I think this is totally stupid. I was going to go with my own plan. I switched from tmobile. I had a sidekick lx and I was paying $69 a month for 1000 minutes unlimited nights and weekends, unlimted texting, internet, email, and insurance on the phone. the cheapest way to go for at&t is getting competely jipped on texts and minutes just to get a better phone. so i went with my moms family plan and in a way thats alot cheaper for me.

[projectdarkside]

^^
Is this seriously possible?