I use.......... None. Hate the things. I'm just old.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Shoemaker Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:28 AM To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages AT&T set a text message volume record the day MJ died... 65,000 messages per second. http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-3gs-breaks-all-kinds-of-att-sales-reco rds-jacksons-death-breaks-texting-records-2009-7 I use a couple thousand every month. Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com St. Louis Broadband wrote: > 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/ >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/
