Comments on: Twitter Ends SMS Support In UK; Says Costs Up To $1,000/user/year http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:38:49 -0800 hourly 1 By: Striving For Four Billion Mobile Users, Twitter Strikes SMS Deal With Largest Indian Carrier http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-3037689 Striving For Four Billion Mobile Users, Twitter Strikes SMS Deal With Largest Indian Carrier Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:31:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-3037689 [...] audience, is text messaging. For a while, it looked like that functionality was going to die, suffocated under the ridiculous carrier SMS fees, but Twitter has been working to bring it back. And today, [...] [...] audience, is text messaging. For a while, it looked like that functionality was going to die, suffocated under the ridiculous carrier SMS fees, but Twitter has been working to bring it back. And today, [...]

]]> By: wrought iron furniture http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2903055 wrought iron furniture Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:05:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2903055 Thanks for letting us all know! Thanks for letting us all know!

]]> By: Twitter Restores UK SMS Functionality For Vodafone Users; Mysterious Ad Box Gets A Refresh | Programming Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2673442 Twitter Restores UK SMS Functionality For Vodafone Users; Mysterious Ad Box Gets A Refresh | Programming Blog Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:34:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2673442 [...] phone). Other countries used to have this functionality, but Twitter began to cut them off after reporting that a single heavy UK user could cost up to $1000 in fees per [...] [...] phone). Other countries used to have this functionality, but Twitter began to cut them off after reporting that a single heavy UK user could cost up to $1000 in fees per [...]

]]> By: Twitter Restores UK SMS Functionality For Vodafone Users; Mysterious Ad Box Gets A Refresh | Geek News and Musings http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2672332 Twitter Restores UK SMS Functionality For Vodafone Users; Mysterious Ad Box Gets A Refresh | Geek News and Musings Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:43:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2672332 [...] phone). Other countries used to have this functionality, but Twitter began to cut them off after reporting that a single heavy UK user could cost up to $1000 in fees per [...] [...] phone). Other countries used to have this functionality, but Twitter began to cut them off after reporting that a single heavy UK user could cost up to $1000 in fees per [...]

]]> By: Twitter Restores UK SMS Functionality For Vodafone Users; Mysterious Ad Box Gets A Refresh http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2672003 Twitter Restores UK SMS Functionality For Vodafone Users; Mysterious Ad Box Gets A Refresh Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:30:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2672003 [...] phone). Other countries used to have this functionality, but Twitter began to cut them off after reporting that a single heavy UK user could cost up to $1000 in fees per [...] [...] phone). Other countries used to have this functionality, but Twitter began to cut them off after reporting that a single heavy UK user could cost up to $1000 in fees per [...]

]]> By: Paul Kinlan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2621450 Paul Kinlan Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:58:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2621450 Hi, I thought you might be interested to know that myself (@PaulKinlan) and (@prawlings) have launched a twitter service called Twe2 (http://www.twe2.com) that gives Twitter users their DM's, @replies and custom searches via SMS for free. The free part is that the messages are advertising subsidised. Kind Regards, Paul Kinlan Hi,

I thought you might be interested to know that myself (@PaulKinlan) and (@prawlings) have launched a twitter service called Twe2 (http://www.twe2.com) that gives Twitter users their DM’s, @replies and custom searches via SMS for free. The free part is that the messages are advertising subsidised.

Kind Regards,
Paul Kinlan

]]> By: Will Verizon’s New Three-Cent Hike Kill SMS Services? | Holly Swanson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2501172 Will Verizon’s New Three-Cent Hike Kill SMS Services? | Holly Swanson Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:29:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2501172 [...] August, Twitter suspended the SMS feature in the UK and other foreign countries because it would have cost the company as much as $1,000/year/user. In [...] [...] August, Twitter suspended the SMS feature in the UK and other foreign countries because it would have cost the company as much as $1,000/year/user. In [...]

]]> By: Will Verizon’s New Three-Cent Hike Kill SMS Services? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2500159 Will Verizon’s New Three-Cent Hike Kill SMS Services? Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:18:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2500159 [...] August, Twitter suspended the SMS feature in the UK and other foreign countries because it would have cost the company as much as ,000/year/user. In [...] [...] August, Twitter suspended the SMS feature in the UK and other foreign countries because it would have cost the company as much as ,000/year/user. In [...]

]]> By: Will Verizon’s New Three-Cent Hike Kill SMS Services? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2499382 Will Verizon’s New Three-Cent Hike Kill SMS Services? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:39:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2499382 [...] August, Twitter suspended the SMS feature in the UK and other foreign countries because it would have cost the company as much as $1,000/year/user. In [...] [...] August, Twitter suspended the SMS feature in the UK and other foreign countries because it would have cost the company as much as $1,000/year/user. In [...]

]]> By: Alfabetic » Blog Archive » 3Jam ofrece un refugio para los usuarios de Twitter abandonados http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2484851 Alfabetic » Blog Archive » 3Jam ofrece un refugio para los usuarios de Twitter abandonados Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:26:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2484851 [...] Twitter permitía a los usuarios recibir mensajes SMS de manera gratuita, a un costo por encima de $1000 dólares por usuario al año. El servicio continuará funcionando en la India, en los Estados Unidos y en Canadá (donde Twitter [...] [...] Twitter permitía a los usuarios recibir mensajes SMS de manera gratuita, a un costo por encima de $1000 dólares por usuario al año. El servicio continuará funcionando en la India, en los Estados Unidos y en Canadá (donde Twitter [...]

]]> By: 3Jam Offers Refuge For Abandoned Twitter Users http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2441761 3Jam Offers Refuge For Abandoned Twitter Users Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:05:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2441761 [...] to receive incoming SMS messages free of charge, footing a bill that it says amounted to up to 00 per user, per year. The service will continue operating in the US, India, and Canada (where Twitter has forged deals [...] [...] to receive incoming SMS messages free of charge, footing a bill that it says amounted to up to 00 per user, per year. The service will continue operating in the US, India, and Canada (where Twitter has forged deals [...]

]]> By: 3Jam Offers Refuge For Abandoned Twitter Users http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2440593 3Jam Offers Refuge For Abandoned Twitter Users Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:44:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2440593 [...] to receive incoming SMS messages free of charge, footing a bill that it says amounted to up to $1000 per user, per year. The service will continue operating in the US, India, and Canada (where Twitter has forged deals [...] [...] to receive incoming SMS messages free of charge, footing a bill that it says amounted to up to $1000 per user, per year. The service will continue operating in the US, India, and Canada (where Twitter has forged deals [...]

]]> By: Twitter Stops SMS Updates In U.K. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2439690 Twitter Stops SMS Updates In U.K. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:57:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2439690 [...] Michael Arrington, “Twitter Ends SMS Support In UK; Says Costs Up To $1,000/user/year”, ..., Mike Butcher, “Twitter cuts UK SMS - there goes another business model”, Tech Crunch [...] [...] Michael Arrington, “Twitter Ends SMS Support In UK; Says Costs Up To $1,000/user/year”, …, Mike Butcher, “Twitter cuts UK SMS – there goes another business model”, Tech Crunch [...]

]]> By: It’s Oh So Quiet « Marc Hibbins http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2439184 It’s Oh So Quiet « Marc Hibbins Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:11:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2439184 [...] can still be handled stably, I guess they just can’t strike the right deal with UK providers. Michael Arrington reports that cost to be $1,000 per UK user, per year - a staggering [...] [...] can still be handled stably, I guess they just can’t strike the right deal with UK providers. Michael Arrington reports that cost to be $1,000 per UK user, per year – a staggering [...]

]]> By: Shazzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2438796 Shazzer Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:54:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2438796 I would be interested to know what percentage of UK SMS gateway users actually used their weekly limit of 250 messages. I never had any tweets other than Direct Messages pushed to my phone, which amounted to no more than a dozen SMS messages per week. And most of those were used in connection with third-party apps like Gcal and Toodledo. Both are significantly less useful to me now. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that "power users" and bored teenagers were the ones racking up the huge bills for Twitter...eventually ruining a great tool for everybody else. I would be interested to know what percentage of UK SMS gateway users actually used their weekly limit of 250 messages. I never had any tweets other than Direct Messages pushed to my phone, which amounted to no more than a dozen SMS messages per week. And most of those were used in connection with third-party apps like Gcal and Toodledo. Both are significantly less useful to me now. I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that “power users” and bored teenagers were the ones racking up the huge bills for Twitter…eventually ruining a great tool for everybody else.

]]> By: Twitter va a morir | Canut & Geek http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2438707 Twitter va a morir | Canut & Geek Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:35:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2438707 [...] está pasando por una serie de apuros económicos que lo llevan a cortar funcionalidades y a caerse [...] [...] está pasando por una serie de apuros económicos que lo llevan a cortar funcionalidades y a caerse [...]

]]> By: Twitter realizes it needs to make money http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2438329 Twitter realizes it needs to make money Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:06:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2438329 [...] reported that SMS updates are gone in the UK, as this email from Biz Stone also confirms: I’ll start with the bad news. Beginning today, [...] [...] reported that SMS updates are gone in the UK, as this email from Biz Stone also confirms: I’ll start with the bad news. Beginning today, [...]

]]> By: Twitter Is Down… The Street http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2438153 Twitter Is Down… The Street Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:43:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2438153 [...] unusually stable, with relatively few periods of downtime - though this may be on account of the functionality that seems to be slowly [...] [...] unusually stable, with relatively few periods of downtime – though this may be on account of the functionality that seems to be slowly [...]

]]> By: August 15, 2008 | next media update http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2438119 August 15, 2008 | next media update Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:55:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2438119 [...] Twitter Ends SMS Support in UK TECHCRUNCH Twitter has stopped sending SMS updates to Twitter users in the UK because of the high cost of sending those messages. US, Canada and Indian users can still opt to receive messages via SMS. Twitter says that a single user, capped at 250 received SMS messages per week still costs them $1,000 per year in SMS fees. They don’t have that problem in the US and some other countries because they’ve been able to negotiate service fees that max out after a certain point. Source> [...] [...] Twitter Ends SMS Support in UK TECHCRUNCH Twitter has stopped sending SMS updates to Twitter users in the UK because of the high cost of sending those messages. US, Canada and Indian users can still opt to receive messages via SMS. Twitter says that a single user, capped at 250 received SMS messages per week still costs them $1,000 per year in SMS fees. They don’t have that problem in the US and some other countries because they’ve been able to negotiate service fees that max out after a certain point. Source> [...]

]]> By: twodays » Blog Archive » twitters lost its tweet http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2437987 twodays » Blog Archive » twitters lost its tweet Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:24:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2437987 [...] to stopped sending SMS updates to Twitter users in the UK because it’s costing them up to $1000 per UK user.  Guess they under-estimated the obsessive relationship we Brits have with our mobile phones and [...] [...] to stopped sending SMS updates to Twitter users in the UK because it’s costing them up to $1000 per UK user.  Guess they under-estimated the obsessive relationship we Brits have with our mobile phones and [...]

]]> By: Twitter deja de enviar SMS a usuarios del Reino Unido http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2437814 Twitter deja de enviar SMS a usuarios del Reino Unido Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:23:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2437814 [...] [Vía TechCrunch] [...] [...] [Vía TechCrunch] [...]

]]> By: Nicolo http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2437780 Nicolo Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:42:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2437780 There is a French group for a decent deal between Twitter and the mobile operator : http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=47144630800 There is a French group for a decent deal between Twitter and the mobile operator : http://www.new....gid=47144630800

]]> By: Ivo's Blog - jansch.nl » Blog Archive » The Twitter Model - the modularized service http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2437775 Ivo's Blog - jansch.nl » Blog Archive » The Twitter Model - the modularized service Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:15:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2437775 [...] an audience first, find revenue later' model. But this has its problems. On wednesday, twitter dropped the popular SMS feature because they could no longer afford it. While this feature hasn't been working properly for me [...] [...] an audience first, find revenue later’ model. But this has its problems. On wednesday, twitter dropped the popular SMS feature because they could no longer afford it. While this feature hasn’t been working properly for me [...]

]]> By: Corazal http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2437631 Corazal Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:57:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2437631 @Zoe: Yes, $0.077 per SMS is too high, considering that they should be getting bulk pricing. If you do a Google search for India SMS, you see ads for $.004/SMS for bulk rates. AT those rates, it must be around $50 per user per year for 13k SMS. I don't know where they get the $1000 per user per year breakdown- but I guess they are referring to just the UK market. Are they are including overheads (staff, software etc)? @Zoe: Yes, $0.077 per SMS is too high, considering that they should be getting bulk pricing. If you do a Google search for India SMS, you see ads for $.004/SMS for bulk rates. AT those rates, it must be around $50 per user per year for 13k SMS.
I don’t know where they get the $1000 per user per year breakdown- but I guess they are referring to just the UK market. Are they are including overheads (staff, software etc)?

]]> By: Blogger's Adventure · Why Twitter has as much depth as my fish tank http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/twitter-ends-sms-support-in-uk-says-costs-up-to-1000useryear/comment-page-2/#comment-2437564 Blogger's Adventure · Why Twitter has as much depth as my fish tank Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:52:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=21072#comment-2437564 [...] Twitter Ends SMS Support In UK; Says Costs Up To $1000/user/year [...] [...] Twitter Ends SMS Support In UK; Says Costs Up To $1000/user/year [...]

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