Send SMS via Data Plan and Not Get Charged 10 Cents?
- I'm not even sure if this is possible or not, but is there a way to send SMS via an application, thus dodging the need to spend addition money for an unlimited texting plan? If one is already paying for Data, it seems there should be some way to send SMS via internet bypassing having to pay for a texting plan. Any ideas?04-11-09 10:04 PMLike 0
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I'd LOVE to find an app that circumvents the normal SMS. It peeves me I have to pay 14.99/month for unlimited. That's just too much!04-11-09 11:20 PMLike 0 - That would be correct. T-mobile charges it as an SMS. I think $15 for unlimited text isn't a bad price, since I was paying $10 for 1000 texts when I had AT&T.04-12-09 10:05 AMLike 0
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Guess I can't complain too much >< BB is great!04-12-09 02:38 PMLike 0 - There is no way to send SMS except by SMS. You could send PIN messages or BBM instant messages using your BIS/BES data plan, but neither of those are SMS.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-12-09 08:31 PMLike 0 -
- Short Messaging System. Multimedia Messaging System. If you use SMS or MMS, you're using a messaging system that charges per message not per byte. It's like saying, "I already paid for gasoline, how can I avoid paying tolls?" Don't take the tollway.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-13-09 07:55 AMLike 0 - I don't mind paying for the service since its something I legitimately use, but I figured I would ask. And T-Mobile really does a good job at only charging $14.99 for unlimited text. I must say I do appreciate their lower costs to other carriers. They don't have an unlimited text and data bundle for the BB do they?04-13-09 05:57 PMLike 0
- jeffhRetired ModeratorShort Messaging System. Multimedia Messaging System. If you use SMS or MMS, you're using a messaging system that charges per message not per byte. It's like saying, "I already paid for gasoline, how can I avoid paying tolls?" Don't take the tollway.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-13-09 09:09 PMLike 0 - I think we're talking past each other. But since I don't have MMS, I may really be missing the point. So let's change it to pins, where I do have experience. If you have unlimited data, and you choose to send a PIN to another BB user, why should that count against your text message limit? It isn't a text message. It's not a question of getting something for nothing, it's a question of being billed for something you're not using. Pins are data, not text, and should not be billed as text.
The only messages that are billed per message are SMS and MMS.
If you're sending text or media to a phone number, than you'll be billed per message.
BBM or PIN messages are included with the data plan, even if you're sending pics over BBM or something, so you're good in that case.04-14-09 11:45 AMLike 0 -
If you get the 34.99/month package (which is what I have), that's the same as paying 19.99/month for unlimited BB data and then 14.99/month for unlimited text. So you get 34.99 and that's unlimited messages and data.
A great deal!04-14-09 11:47 AMLike 0 - Maybe Im cheap, but that is expensive to me! 35 plus my minute plan, that puts you in the 90's after tax. I really wish there was a way to text without text!04-15-09 02:46 AMLike 0
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However, I think it's a steal compared to other carriers...in fact, ALL other carriers are much more expensive compared to this plan from T-Mobile.
With Verizon, you pay 29.99 (BIS - BES is 44.99) for data alone, another 20 for text.
With ATT, you pay 50/month for data/unlimited text, add another 10 if you want to tether (and it's not unlimited)
With Sprint, you can get unlimited everthing for 99 or unlimited everything data/messages with 450 min for 69.99...I don't know about you, but I don't like Sprint because it's HORRIBLE in my area.
Still, T-Mobile has a pretty good deal if you keep that in mind.
I really wish we didn't have to pay for text messages...they cost next to nothing to send! Seriously!04-15-09 11:42 AMLike 0
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