[Cialug] Commerical Interruption

[Don Ellis]

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.

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.

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.

--Don Ellis


On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Zachary Kotlarek <zach at kotlarek.com> wrote:

>
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:16 PM, <murraymckee at wellsfargo.com> <
> murraymckee at wellsfargo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
> Those who do not remember SMTP are doomed to re-implement it, poorly.
>
>        Zach
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