Would you Pay for Incoming SMS?
SMS is currently heavily used by almost everybody that owns a cell phone these days. Its a quick easy and somewhat cheap method to communicate with others. However Bell and Telus are going to start charging for incoming SMS’s at a rate of 15 cents per message.
I honestly can’t believe they will do this. It is a dirty little trick to get a quick cash grab. If they allow you to include those in your monthly SMS limits then your limits are basically cut in half.
The one thing I hate about this is that you never know who is sending you or where it is coming from. I can start sending random messages to people I don’t like and run up their bills quickly.
On my Windows Mobile phone I was able to download a program that would block SMS messages from people I didn’t know. However the problem with this is that it is handled at the phone level so the message still would go through. I hope the service providers allow you to set something up on their servers to block them.
I really really hope Rogers doesn’t follow them as well.
I will start utilizing my data plan more and using things like MSN mobile and blackberry messenger since I am already paying for my data.