Text Messaging - how many do you send per month?

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Posted by FunkyCrew on Jan-12-2009 22:37:

quote:
Originally posted by tvmann
I should've said also, I think they could've made a bigger second mistake on the bill but in my favor. Anyway the bill in total is a lot less than I expected as I thought I'd have to pay about $100 for a new phone. If I complain about the texts they might say "OK here's your $2 refund for our error, but hey looks like we made a mistake there on your new phone, thanks for bringing that to our attention, (click click click) hmmm now you owes us $100!"

So for now it's "let sleeping dogs lie" hehehe

hehe I see what you mean makes sense to be hush-hush about it!
what I like about Fido is that they credit your account immediately, no bs like with Rogers, where they credit the next month only

Posted by CAKE on Jan-12-2009 22:43:

quote:
Originally posted by FunkyCrew
hehe I see what you mean makes sense to be hush-hush about it!
what I like about Fido is that they credit your account immediately, no bs like with Rogers, where they credit the next month only

Rogers owns Fido, and we can apply a credit on the next billing cycle or right away its up to the agent.

Text Msg Text messages - included 597 Msgs 0.00

Text Msg Received txt msgs - Included 722 Msgs 0.00

Posted by FunkyCrew on Jan-12-2009 22:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Djsketchbag
Rogers owns Fido, and we can apply a credit on the next billing cycle or right away its up to the agent.

Text Msg Text messages - included 597 Msgs 0.00

Text Msg Received txt msgs - Included 722 Msgs 0.00

well DUH about owning, and no, Rogers refuses to credit right away I've dealt with Rogers enough since our services were entirely Rogers at my old place - they would only make the next month's bill smaller, not the amount due in this month

Posted by Al on Jan-12-2009 23:03:

3 -4/month

Posted by CAKE on Jan-12-2009 23:40:

quote:
Originally posted by FunkyCrew
well DUH about owning, and no, Rogers refuses to credit right away I've dealt with Rogers enough since our services were entirely Rogers at my old place - they would only make the next month's bill smaller, not the amount due in this month

I work for Rogers wireless billing i apply all credits right away

Posted by FunkyCrew on Jan-12-2009 23:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Djsketchbag
I work for Rogers wireless billing i apply all credits right away

ah
well I dealt with internet/home phone/TV billing and they never do that

Posted by jchung52 on Jan-12-2009 23:56:

around 3000 total

Posted by DigiNut on Jan-12-2009 23:59:

Okay, I have a related question:

For those who answered over 100 (i.e. almost all of you), how many separate threads/conversations would you say that number represents?

Edit: And with how many different people?

Posted by OrZonE on Jan-13-2009 01:13:

Although I recognize the convenience of an SMS I never had an SMS conversation. I use my phone to talk.

That being said, I probably avg ~5-7 sent/received

Posted by exstasie on Jan-13-2009 01:16:

quote:
Originally posted by OrZonE
Although I recognize the convenience of an SMS I never had an SMS conversation. I use my phone to talk.

That being said, I probably avg ~5-7 sent/received

its especially convenient in school when you're doing a multiple choice test.

1a2d3e4a5a...etc.

Posted by She_Fitz on Jan-13-2009 01:37:

Posted by Mach X on Jan-13-2009 01:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Allen
Latest bill:

International Received: 201
International Sent: 213
US Received: 304
US Sent: 301

Total Activity: 2808

I have a plan with 15,000 sent / month.

You getting charged for those US/International Sent and Recieved? I'm getting royally raped for sending txts to US #'s and then even more for ones I send while in the states because while i'm in the states (Detroit) for various things, clubbing, shopping, friends etc... so while there, any incoming txts or any that I send to either friends in the US or Canada i'm geting charged... International i'm not to concerned with, they are too far and between to be worried about since it's only a couple each month with family and cousins.

I'm still on that $20 plan with 2,500 sent and unlimited incoming, but don't think it includes US/INT...

As for which txts are actual conversations, most txts usually end up being 4-5 txt convos, some in the 20-30 txt convos. Hell actually, right now I am in a 170+ TXT conversation, which is probably not end till it get's into the 200's for fucks sake lol...

Posted by Chris Allen on Jan-13-2009 02:12:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mach X
You getting charged for those US/International Sent and Recieved? I'm getting royally raped for sending txts to US #'s and then even more for ones I send while in the states because while i'm in the states (Detroit) for various things, clubbing, shopping, friends etc... so while there, any incoming txts or any that I send to either friends in the US or Canada i'm geting charged... International i'm not to concerned with, they are too far and between to be worried about since it's only a couple each month with family and cousins.

I'm still on that $20 plan with 2,500 sent and unlimited incoming, but don't think it includes US/INT...

As for which txts are actual conversations, most txts usually end up being 4-5 txt convos, some in the 20-30 txt convos. Hell actually, right now I am in a 170+ TXT conversation, which is probably not end till it get's into the 200's for fucks sake lol...

Yes, $0.25/international/US sent. Incoming is free.

While traveling, international/US sent is $0.60/txt. Incoming is still free though.

Posted by exstasie on Jan-13-2009 02:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Allen
Yes, $0.25/international/US sent. Incoming is free.

While traveling, international/US sent is $0.60/txt. Incoming is still free though.

I thought when you were International/US it was based on the amount of characters. None of my are a standard fee. They all very depending on size...

Posted by She_Fitz on Jan-13-2009 02:41:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
I thought when you were International/US it was based on the amount of characters. None of my are a standard fee. They all very depending on size...

I would call about that.... I assume you are with Rogers?

Posted by LightsOut on Jan-13-2009 02:47:

i hit about 1000 a month
its so god damn easy on a blackberry!

Posted by Pett on Jan-13-2009 04:24:

60-120

Posted by Chris Allen on Jan-13-2009 04:41:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
Okay, I have a related question:

For those who answered over 100 (i.e. almost all of you), how many separate threads/conversations would you say that number represents?

Edit: And with how many different people?

I currently have 28 open conversations moving that keep going on an almost daily basis, though the majority of txting is reserved for roughly 5-7 people primarily.

Posted by Swamper on Jan-13-2009 05:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Spin Laden
http://ccdesignlive.com/text.html (for Rogers..works on Fido phones too)

Why would you use that link instead of http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way ? Are they keeping a copy of the text for themselves? (lol)

Posted by dEsidEL on Jan-13-2009 13:06:

i'm sure those Facebook msg notifications via. SMS help bump up that number .. tho i see this overall average declining over time as data becomes more accessible to lower-end users

Posted by Spin Laden on Jan-13-2009 13:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
Why would you use that link instead of http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way ? Are they keeping a copy of the text for themselves? (lol)

this one you have to register for, no biggie but the link I posted you can just send away. The one you posted allows you to be tracked

Posted by Spin Laden on Jan-13-2009 13:13:

I do see the benefit though.. recipients can text you back directly otherwise their reply text just gets lost. I've conditioned a few ppl to see the distinction between reg texts and pc texts in any case.

Posted by Capo di tutti on Jan-13-2009 18:52:

I have a bill to prove it...

just under 6000 in one month is my record that was the end of august '08 until end of sept. '08

i send an average of 1200 a month now

Posted by VDub on Jan-13-2009 22:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Capo di tutti
I have a bill to prove it...

just under 6000 in one month is my record that was the end of august '08 until end of sept. '08

i send an average of 1200 a month now

How many of those are about the Portuguese????

Posted by VDub on Jan-13-2009 22:22:

Did anyone hear about the girl in the States???

Greg Hardesty didn't LOL when he got his teen daughter's cellphone statement.

All he could think was "OMG!"

The California man's 13-year-old daughter, Reina, racked up an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month. The online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.

"First, I laughed. I thought, 'That's insane, that's impossible,' " the 45-year-old dad said. "And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible."

He found it was - barely.

It works out to 484 text messages a day, or one every two minutes of every waking hour.

"Then I thought maybe AT&T made some mistake on the bill," said Hardesty, of Silverado Canyon.

The reporter for the Orange County Register grilled his daughter on her texting habit - by text message, of course.

"Who are you texting, anyway? Your entire school?" he asked.

"Well, a lot of my friends have unlimited texting. I just text them pretty much all the time," she explained.

She messages a core of "four obsessive texters" - all girls between the ages of 12 and 13 - on her LG phone.

Reina had a karaoke birthday party, and while other people were singing, she was texting her best friend sitting right next to her.

She even texted her friends to brag about the high number of text messages she had logged when her parents got the statement.

Her texting soared last month because "it was winter break and I was bored," Reina told her parents.

Luckily, Hardesty has a phone plan that allows unlimited texting for $30 a month. Otherwise, he estimates, he would have owed AT&T $2,905.60 at a rate of 20 cents per message.

The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old teen is 1,742, according to a Nielsen study of cellphone usage.

Hardesty admits he himself punches in 900 messages a month - 700 more than average for his age group, according to Nielsen.

Hardesty and his ex-wife have since placed restrictions on Reina's cellphone use, ruling she cannot text after dinner.

Source

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