Today is basic math day at CrunchGear where we discovered that if 160 bytes of SMS data costs twenty cents then 1MB (1,048,576 bytes) of data would cost 131,072 cents, or $1,310.72.
Check out the prices for a text message plan on AT&T, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone 3G in the United States. AT&T wants twenty cents ($0.20) per text message if you don’t sign up for a plan. A text message is nothing more than 160 bytes of data. The max is 160 characters, and one character equals one byte of data. Great.
In other words, if AT&T charged data downloads at the rate they charge text messages downloading 1MB of data would cost you $1,310.72.
$1300/MB is a bit exagerated, as you ignore header and processing.
Network overhead can be 50% of traffic for such small messages.
Also the message is sent TWICE over wireless (from sender to network, and then to the receiver, which pays nothing).
however, even $300/MB is high…
i dont believe what i am reading!! they charge you to recieve a text message thats crazy!!!!
also the guy in NZ no way can they justify charging more cos it swaps carrier!! we send texts all day long from one carrier to another and it costs the same flat fee or free if you have a package, which means its not free but you know what i mean! i can even use my ‘free’ bundled txts to send internationally.
they would so not get away with charging to recieve a message!! why the hell do you guys put up with it! goto a carrier that doesnt charge you to get a text!!
one question, if you have a ‘bundle’ like unlimited txts do you still get charged for texts recieved??? tell me you dont!!!!!!
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Hi webmaster!
Actually your numbers are WAY off.
For normal internet use…data at a pay per use rate is 1 cent per kilobyte.
meaning a 160 character text would be a 160 cents or $1.60.
So to charge 20 cents for 160 kilobites is actually less than you would be charged if you’re actually going by the data measuremeant.
And the rates for SMS are actually pretty standard and priced along with other carriers.
Prices for an SMS now range from 15 cents to 30 cents.
So basically…if you’re gonna use more than 30 per month you’re better off with a plan you’ll save tons.