[DM-MUG] For those of you looking into the iPhone...fyi

[Victoria L. Herring]

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><http://www.engadget.com/>http://www.engadget.com/
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>Verizon increases SMS rates -- customers now free of their contracts
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>Posted Jan 12th 2007 3:25PM by Donald Melanson
>Filed under: Cellphones
>It looks like Verizon Wireless is following in Sprint's SMS
>footsteps, announcing a planned hike in text messaging rates for
>those not currently subscribed to a messaging package. The hike,
>which will take effect March 1st, will bump the cost of sending a
>text message to the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico from $0.10
>to $0.15 per message, with the price for international text messages
>remaining at $0.25 per message. The cost of receiving a message from
>customers of foreign wireless carriers, however, will increase to
>$0.15 whether you subscribe to a messaging package or not. If this
>all sounds a little familiar, it's because when Sprint did the same
>thing late last year, it didn't take long for people to figure out
>that the rate hikes amounted to a so-called "material change" to
>their contracts, meaning they could bail on it without paying an
>Early Termination Fee (EFT). So if you've been sticking to Verizon
>but secretly fancying another carrier, this looks like it may be your
>only chance to take the plunge without also taking a hit. In related
>news, Sprint looks to be planning a price hike of another sort, with
>a pair of tipsters relaying the news to us that the cost for Sprint's
>directory assistance service will be going up from $1.49 to $1.79 on
>February 1st, although whether that's enough to constitute a material
>change to the contract or not remains to be seen.
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