An alarming analysis surfaced last week involving the price of sending text mssages between mobile phones. Prices have more than doubled since last year and no link has been found to rising costs for phone service providers. About 8 years ago, mobile phone companies began charging customers to receive text messages where before, incoming messages and the first minute of incoming calls had been free. At that point, plans were available in 100, 250, 500 and 1,000 message increments. Now, for my provider, one can choose 200 messages, 400 with 1 megabyte of data transfer for the Web, 1,500 messages, or unlimited. Each of these plans is more expensive than what was previously available, and there’s nothing in between 400 and 1,500.
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