This is why AT&T is now hitting their customers now for that previously unlimited bandwidth.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:42 AM To: 'Josh Luthman'; 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages For a fact! Now that I am thinking of it...what kind of bandwidth do the telcos have to provide for this, now industry standard technology of txt? I know that a text message does not consist of much traffic, but add to that the new millions of millions subscribers to "unlimited text." It could add up... Or add the txt msg with a pic...now we are getting into some bandwidth. Or then add the GPS, google me, check my stocks...ect. traffic. I would love to see the cellular carriers bandwidth usage stats. V -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:32 PM To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages Seriously 30k? On 9/29/09, St. Louis Broadband <li...@stlbroadband.com> wrote: > I am reviewing my AT&T wireless bill. I have myself, my mother and my > daughter on a family plan. > > My mother received 8 text messages, which I am sure she does not know that > she has. > I received 297 text messages. Some of those were forwards from another > email account. > > However, my 18 year old daughter received 30,500 text messages! > > How can this be? How can they type on a qwerty board, or actual phone > keypad faster than I on a laptop/computer? > > She has a facebook account, a twitter, and many other accounts/tech that I > am not familiar with. > Is this a sign of the times or of my age? > > I started in the Internet industry in 1993. I remember my first AOL annual > bill totaling over $5k and this was for 28.8 kbps. > That is when I figured that this industry was going to be profitable...darn > me for daring to going into fixed wireless. > > Just had to rant...30,500 txt msgs...omg! > > Victoria > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
