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| Thread ID: 58118 | 2005-05-22 07:54:00 | $10 to send 500 txts - equivalent to a single email | vapo (5203) | PC World Chat |
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| 357392 | 2005-05-22 07:54:00 | Just watched another moronic Telecom ad where the guy is going "YEAH $10 TXT RULES RA RA RA" Then it occurred to me 500 text messages is less than what you might send in a single email. 160 characters is the maximum limit for one text message, so correct me if my maths is wrong but: 160 chars = 160 bytes~ 500 texts = 160 bytes x 500 texts = 80,000 bytes~ = 78.125 KB~ Attach a small jpeg file onto your email and you'd come up with the same size. How would you like to be paying $10 per email? Why are the prices so rediculously high? My bet is it doesn't cost more than a few cents for Telecom/Vodafone to deliver 500 text messages. |
vapo (5203) | ||
| 357393 | 2005-05-22 08:17:00 | But the TXT is not carried on the broadband interweb. It is carried on a complex code division multiple access network, and the only opposition is a similar complex network. While its basically a case of charging what the market can stand, to compare the two is not reasonable, it is like comparing apples to oranges. An invalid comparison. Like comparing the cost of transporting your car on the inter-island ferry compared to the cost of petrol to drive it the same distance (if you could). |
godfather (25) | ||
| 357394 | 2005-05-22 09:05:00 | But the TXT is not carried on the broadband interweb . sweet lord above . do not say that disgusting word again . |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 357395 | 2005-05-22 09:38:00 | But the TXT is not carried on the broadband interweb . It is carried on a complex code division multiple access network, and the only opposition is a similar complex network . While its basically a case of charging what the market can stand, to compare the two is not reasonable, it is like comparing apples to oranges . An invalid comparison . Like comparing the cost of transporting your car on the inter-island ferry compared to the cost of petrol to drive it the same distance (if you could) . Ok I see your point, but how about we compare it to T3G prices at $8 for a MB of data ( . telecom . co . nz/content/0,3900,202032-201931,00 . html" target="_blank">www . telecom . co . nz) . That's on the same network, no? Still rediculous pricing but anyway: $10 at the moment gets you 500 texts which is about 80 KB~ $8 on T3G gets you 1024 KB of data So if we applied the T3G prices to sending text messages it should only cost: 0 . 12207 of a cent to send a single text message, not 20cents 61 . 03515 cents to send 500 texts, not $10 Please correct me if the calculations are wrong . |
vapo (5203) | ||
| 357396 | 2005-05-22 10:27:00 | well i send 1000 texts for $10, 027/025 only though, and then vodafone has their deal aswell.... :rolleyes: | Prescott (11) | ||
| 357397 | 2005-05-22 10:28:00 | Boycott you mobile, send people emails from your PC. Just don't be annoyed when they don't respond immediately. | Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 357398 | 2005-05-22 10:43:00 | When you see a couple texting each other from opposite ends of a supermarket aisle, whilst showing each other things off the shelf!!!. You know the world has gone mad. This is TRUE we saw it happening. :lol: :lol: PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 357399 | 2005-05-22 11:10:00 | At Wellington High when walking through it after school to get home, I saw a girl chatting on a phone, then another girl also chatting on a phone come towards her and then they were side by side and I realised they were talking to each other. (then they put the phones away) Kind of wierd but not crazy. But yeah I've seen texting between people sitting 3 seats away in a class once... |
george12 (7) | ||
| 357400 | 2005-05-22 11:12:00 | But yeah I've seen texting between people sitting 3 seats away in a class once... Better than just talking in class. Can still be annoying though. |
Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 357401 | 2005-05-22 11:12:00 | When you see a couple texting each other from opposite ends of a supermarket aisle, whilst showing each other things off the shelf!!!. You know the world has gone mad. This is TRUE we saw it happening. pressf1.pcworld.co.nz pressf1.pcworld.co.nz PJ Several years ago I saw a married couple with two networked computers located in the same room sending each other messages over the intranet. The only happy thing to say about that is that they are still together. |
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