I'd imagine it's on purpose by Sprint to get you to switch from Nextel to Sprint.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <k...@wavelinc.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:35 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages > Oh, and while we are on the texting subject does anyone know why the > Nextel > iDen network sometimes will get SO SLOW on receiving text messages? I just > switched from them to Verizon because of it. I thought I was doing a lot > at > 3,000 per month but apparently I'm being outdone, lol. > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:14 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages > > I have a hard time believing that's in the law books... > > 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 > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <k...@wavelinc.com> > wrote: > >> >> "And tower climbing is a cool job but, by State law, cannot text." >> >> >> >> >> What state law does not allow tower climbers to send text messages? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Kurt Fankhauser >> WAVELINC >> P.O. Box 126 >> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >> 419-562-6405 >> www.wavelinc.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband >> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:03 AM >> To: 'Robert West'; 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages >> >> Her head start that we figured was going to let her take the lead of the >> pack, came to a slamming halt. >> I am not sure really what it was, but that is when I noticed the txt msg >> addiction. >> And I truly believe it is an addiction, she sleeps with the damn phone > next >> to her... >> >> Teenage girls are amazing. >> It really ticks me that she is actually more computer literate than I in >> some applications. >> When I am trying to figure it out, she looks at me like omg...mom is so >> slow. >> She can key over 100wpm and is accurate. >> >> V >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robert West [mailto:robert.w...@just-micro.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:44 AM >> To: li...@stlbroadband.com; 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: RE: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages >> >> Oh hell, sounds like my daughter. Sailed right through school, top of >> the >> class. Top 3% in the SATs and now, starting 3rd year in college, she >> finally discovered boys. The talk with her has moved from school to > having >> "boyfriend" injected in every conversation. And I still have no met him. >> Scary. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband >> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:27 AM >> To: n...@brevardwireless.com; 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages >> >> LOL, u assume wrong. She started junior college when she was 16 and made >> the deans list her first semester J >> >> But now she is 18 and has discovered or been discovered by boys. >> >> >> >> V >> >> >> >> From: Nick Olsen [mailto:n...@brevardwireless.com] >> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:20 PM >> To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List >> Subject: re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages >> >> >> >> Talk about Getting your moneys worth in the "unlimited" text package. >> Without a package its 25 a message, Which would have made your bill your >> standard monthly charge plus $7,625......... ".25x30500" >> >> I think the bigger question is. How much time is your daughter wasting >> texting while in school? >> /me assumes shes in highschool at 18 (senior I figure). >> >> Nick Olsen >> Brevard Wireless >> (321) 205-1100 x106 >> >> >> >> _____ >> >> From: "St. Louis Broadband" <li...@stlbroadband.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:09 AM >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages >> >> 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! 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