America's Biggest Ripoffs: Text messages - 6,500% markup

[SingleDaddyof2]

From cnn.com:

By Julianne Pepitone, CNNMoney.com staff reporter

Text messages are short, quick and cheap to transmit. So why are they adding so much to your wireless bill? The messages are such a tiny piece of data that they cost carriers only about one-third of a cent to deliver...

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According to the above article, 100 text messages should only cost consumers about $3. Do you text a lot? How much do you pay to text? Or does someone else pay for your phone/text service?

[JesRey]

My parents signed up for unlimited for 5 people and we send a lot more than what we should be paying for lol

[WilyWestbrook0]

I don't text. I don't think anyone in my family does, except for perhaps my dad - he's the lone extrovert among a bunch of introverts.

[theonedru]

I dont know about the rest of society but I bought a phone so I could talk on it not spend my time typing.