Verizon could charge content aggregators 3-cents per text message

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VZWguy @ Oct 13th 2008 10:12PM

let me follow this logic path for once.....shall we.

for profit = charges the end user
Premium spam messges for "ringtones" that charge you 9.99 for the message and a re-curirng charge.

now, those bastards dinging people for 9.99 are not geting off scott free, they have to pay for every customer they send a message too, reducing it to cover the overall cost....really it won't affect customers, this will HELP customers by reducing the junk spam text messages you will be getting.

sounds horrible, let them spam me for free, verizon nickel and diming the world to no end, screw them trying to help the consumer....blah blah blah blah ignorance blah

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tra la la @ Oct 14th 2008 4:55AM

^ ^ ^ ^

what he said.

now maybe, just maybe, those premium sms services will stop their incessant assault upon unsuspecting people. you know, the people who get the "if you don't want this service, reply with 'stop' to cancel" even though they never opted in, yet STILL get charged both the subscription price and the sms cost (providing they don't have a sms allowance plan) and I'm sure call into customer service and yell at the rep that they never requested said service.

charge the f'kers!!! $.03 is a pisant amount. I say charge them MORE! and charge them every time they message the customer. I'm sick of these services initiating contact and REQUIRING that the customer stop a service they never requested to start with!!!!

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