Cost of a text message?

[Caloy]

I just like to ask if you have an unlimited messaging, do you get charged for the ff services:

• Texting (SMS/MMS etc) with someone on another network in another state.
• Receiving alerts from Bank of America or other financial institutions
• Voting for your favorite dancing pair or idol (Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, etc.)
• Facebook updates.

I'm sure there are other messaging services, and please feel free to add to this list.

 

[ChrisPlague]

I just like to ask if you have an unlimited messaging, do you get charged for the ff services:

• Texting (SMS/MMS etc) with someone on another network in another state.
• Receiving alerts from Bank of America or other financial institutions
• Voting for your favorite dancing pair or idol (Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, etc.)
• Facebook updates.

I'm sure there are other messaging services, and please feel free to add to this list.

ive never voted on american idol or any of those but to the other ones, no i dont get charged

 

[i VTAK]

No you won't get a charged. A text is a text. If it says specifically that they charge you is the only way. I tried KGB, the guys that supposedly answer any question for $.99, and I did get that extra charge on my bill. But I get text alerts from my local news about weather and other news events, texts from twitter on a few people that I follow and never get additional charges for them. As long as it doesn't say anything about special charges you'll be fine.

 

[Caloy]

+1 for you mate, thanks for the reply.

 

[IOWA]

You can also do what I did, I turned off "premium text messaging" on my line. Facebook, and everything else still works just fine.

 

[jmxp69]

Not true. Txts originating from overseas to U.S. incur $0.20 per txt. It's in the fine print somewhere. I can confirm this to be true because Wavesecure uses an SMS gateway in Singapore and they use txt to control the phone on the app. My last bill showed 5 messags @ $0.20 each.

Shortcode domestic txts do not incur cost though unless otherwise stated on the T's & C's of the receiver.