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Re: Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck”

DavidB — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:42:50 -0000

So there aren't reasonably priced ($10/month) "unlimited" SMS plans in CA?

Can you tell Telus and Bell you want SMS blocked (like you can with Verizon and others down here)? Seems rife for a customer class action lawsuit, if you as a customer are forced to contact them every month to request removal of charges that you've specifically told them you do not want to incur.

Re: Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck”

John — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:23:48 -0000

The canadian market is dynamic... wow what a load of crap.
Who is this guy and who is he sleeping with, dumb caveman.

Re: Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck”

Cool Mike — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:41:59 -0000

The greed never stops!

Re: Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck”

BlackBerry Cool — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:02:49 -0000

@Zoomer,

Good call on increasing the BIM use, but the problem with being charged with incoming SMS use is that you have no real control over how many messages your non-blackberry using friends/family send you.

Dark times indeed for Canadian mobile subscribers.

Re: Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck”

Zoomer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:50:33 -0000

Alternative = BlackBerry Instant Messenger and PIN to PIN messaging... I sure hope they don't clue in and start charging for that traffic on a per message basis...