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Thread ID: 45355 2004-05-20 00:23:00 OT:Telecom releases new "heavy texter" plan for $10 csinclair83 (200) Press F1
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237823 2004-05-20 10:51:00 > Perhaps I am the only person in NZ who doesnt give a
> monkeys about this???????

You're not the only one, Terry :)

> Then again maybe it because I dont belong to the
> youth brigade whom Telecom are trying to corrupt with
> their services :)

I didn't let Telecom corrupt me :) I have a Vodafone phone. I use it to phone people :D I get something like 20 free txt messages to send every month... I very rarely use them up. And I usually use them to send people txt messages asking them to call me or for a land-line number that I can call them on (save me the cost of making a call from my cell-phone or to their cell-phone).

I couldn't care less how many text messages I could send in a month - I'd much rather actually talk to somebody (I think some "younger" people have forgotten how - try listening to some of them try to talk sometime :D)

Mike. 		Mike (15)
237824 2004-05-20 10:53:00 > Yes, we ought to remove the drinking age, like in
> Holland. But the problem is that society is in a
> stage where doing so would create a small band of
> alcoholic teenagers.

Small? ?:|

Mike. 		Mike (15)
237825 2004-05-20 10:54:00 >However, the proof really lies in the idea that you're not really mature with enough common sense and wisdom until you're 25.<

Maybe thats what the insurance companies think, but I'll let you into a secret, the fact is most of us never really grow up, it's just an outward pretence, like greying hair :) 		Terry Porritt (14)
237826 2004-05-20 11:01:00 > Perhaps I am the only person in NZ who doesnt give a
> monkeys about this???????
>
> Then again maybe it because I dont belong to the
> youth brigade whom Telecom are trying to corrupt with
> their services :)
>
> Ten years ago or so, no-one but no-one was seen going
> around clutching little things in their hands
> pressing buttons or holding same little thing to ear,
> and the world didnt grind to a halt. Now if teenagers
> cant text they go screaming and crying to the
> 'media'

I agree Terry

Pity Telecom don't care more about the other type of customers they have and give them a fair go as well 		Baldy (26)
237827 2004-05-20 11:06:00 > omg, telecom just keep making it worse.....
>
> first off Boost is the most crappiest mobile service
> out there. and secondly, THERE ARE OTHER MOBILE
> NETWORK COMPANIES OUT THERE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES!!!.
> people who send messages to 021 are still getting a
> shyte deal.
>
> Telecom, good one Guys :D ;). (bunch of monkeys)

I bet you would still be moaning if they were free 		Baldy (26)
237828 2004-05-20 11:23:00 My sixpence worth,
I dont give a rats ar** about texting,
I'd rather telcom gave us a better deal on toll calls.
And even give the compediters a bit more of there copper wire.


cheers merlin-nz ;-) 		merlin-nz (275)
237829 2004-05-20 11:37:00 Would you people stop your whinging? As far as I know, this it's 1000 txts to any phone network, then 2c to telecom and 20c to vodafone. Sure, I'm too poor to afford to change to telecom, so now my "friends" have another excuse to not talk to me and exclude me (aha -"'cause it's cheaper"), but how the hell has telecom made it worse?

I thought they gave all the 20,000 people that complained what they wanted more or less to some extent!

The one track mind that telecom is bad is getting in the way of some people's judgement,.... 		Growly (6)
237830 2004-05-20 22:31:00 I'd just like to add my name to the list of people who don't care. The only reason I use text messaging at all is that a lot of people insist on contacting me by this method but, more often than not, I reply with a phone call or email.

Actually, I'm not entirely sure why so people people prefer text messaging over email. I understand that it is an advantage that text messaging is instantaneous, but entering text on a telephone keypad drives me insane. Furthermore, many modern handsets support POP email anyway, so you can send and receive short emails on the run just as you would send and receive a text message, but at a fraction of the cost. 		Alasta (1420)
237831 2004-05-20 23:04:00 Alasta>

When you can write a whole 160 char. txt message in under a minute, while still doing other things, you realise that this method of communication has its use!
I would rather send a few txt messages in places where Cellphone calls arent 'allowed' (See school, church, meetings - whatever) than make a phone call.

In fact, quite often if I know the person I am txt'ing is on a Call Plan, I will ask if they can ring me.

I would love to be able to make Calls, but at $1.39 per minute peak, and $0.49 off peak, its just not viable when I can send a txt for nothing! Im not able to enter into a legally binding contract (see: Call Plan with Call Minutes) until the age of 18 - Still have 6 months to go.

Email requires the person at the other end to be sitting in front of their PC, with their email application running - so why bother if they have a Cellphone?

Obviously its not for everybody, but why not live and let live?


Chill. 		Chilling_Silence (9)
237832 2004-05-21 02:19:00 It seems to me that the majority doing all this heavy texting are school kids.

Frankly I don't know why school kids need cell phones.

Instead of texting their class mates they should be paying attention in class and learning something so they can get a job to earn their own money to buy and operate their own bloody phone. 		cadifan (286)
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