• Dave@lemmy.nz
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    11 months ago

    It’s so weird to me that in the US you pay to receive messages or calls. Where I live the sender pays, or the caller pays. It doesn’t cost to receive. Plus you normally get unlimited messages anyway, like even a approx US$10 a month plan will have unlimited SMS included and like 200 minutes of outbound calling, plus data.

    If you’re paying for messages received then people can send you unsolicited messages and it costs you money?

    • stevehobbes@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I think they’re now broadly free on all but the most restrictive plans- but when iMessage came to be they weren’t - and most phones wouldn’t split 160 characters into multiple messages. You were literally limited by that.

      They used to charge extra if you were roaming too. I think T-Mobile was the first to stop and everyone followed.