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| Thread ID: 108422 | 2010-03-28 06:48:00 | 2 Degrees slashes prices for calls and texts | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
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| 870613 | 2010-03-29 07:06:00 | I understand from Bell South days, that the actual cost of a text message is a fraction of a cent per each. So yes, they have all been raping and pillaging for years. Text messages on the GSM network utilises a control channel originally reserved for some sort of maintenance purpose. Apparently some cellular engineers started using the spare capacity to send messages to their colleagues who were out in the field while carrying out maintenance on the network, and the rest is history. On modern 3G networks (and Telecom's old CDMA network), text messaging is done differently, so isn't "free" as such. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 870614 | 2010-03-29 07:28:00 | ...so isn't "free" as such.Regardless of the technology used, it's so cheap that it might as well be free. It costs the carriers almost nothing to provide the service; it's almost entirely profit. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 870615 | 2010-03-29 07:46:00 | Wether the signal comes via wieless, wires on poles or underground cables the main cost is in the overheads. (And the deadheads.) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 870616 | 2010-03-29 08:15:00 | I guess that will make Telecom shake in their boots and may mean having to drop their rates to get more customers back. | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
| 870617 | 2010-03-29 08:36:00 | We should all be lobbying Steven Joyce and the weak arsed Commerce Commision to force Telecom and Vodafone to drop their termination rates now. Not in 10 years as they have offered to do. In the EU they are being forced to drop their low termination rates even lower. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 870618 | 2010-03-29 10:48:00 | I guess that will make Telecom shake in their boots and may mean having to drop their rates to get more customers back. When Telecom shake, the residue tends to miss their boots and strike their customers. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 870619 | 2010-03-29 11:11:00 | Still no 3g and no data plans... 'cos they're not very bright??? No, because their initial launch has been aimed at people who are simple phone users. The majority of cellphone users would use 3g vary rarely, if at all. I think they've done well to introduce their name in the market by offering very cheap texting and calling rates, which is what most people would use. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 870620 | 2010-03-30 06:01:00 | Email uses a lot more bandwidth and it's free. Sure, the internet can cope better than the cellphone network can, but then SMS is much much smaller than an email. |
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