Consider how many exchanges consist of one or two words, or even one or two characters, it wouldn't be all that hard to send lots of messages in a very short time.<div><br></div><div>Remember, the abbreviation for 'OK' is 'K' -- which is what my wife sends to acknowledge my message that I'm on the way home. Message and acknowledgement = 4 messages, my message sent and received, her single character message sent and received. On my plan, messages aren't pooled, so I get hit for one sent, one received, and she gets the same.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Although the cost [to the customer] is the same whether it's a single character or a full SMS message (150 chars), I wonder if the overhead differs? Also, T-Mobile allows in-network SMS greater than 150 characters, so I frequently go over 150. If my recipient isn't in-network (someone other than my wife), they may get dinged for several messages and I only get charged for one.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--Don Ellis</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Zachary Kotlarek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zach@kotlarek.com">zach@kotlarek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:16 PM, <<a href="mailto:murraymckee@wellsfargo.com">murraymckee@wellsfargo.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:murraymckee@wellsfargo.com">murraymckee@wellsfargo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I'm thinking something isn't right with the number. If you were awake 18 hours a day for 30 days you'd have to send 20 texts and hour every hour to accomplish that. That just doesn't seem to pass the sniff test.<br>
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</div>That message, even without context, would be at least 2 and possibly 4 text messages, and it only took you a couple of minutes to write. I could see 20 an hour, particularly if you're paying for inbound and outbound.<br>
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Those who do not remember SMTP are doomed to re-implement it, poorly.<br>
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Zach</blockquote></div></div>