I love it when I don’t have to do the math…
“Let’s assume that all text messages sent in the U.S. are exactly the maximum size allowed, 160 characters. That translates to 160 bytes of storage space per message. One terabyte is equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and a terabyte costs $100 to store. Therefore, the cost of storing and transmitting one text message is approximately $0.00000001 or $1-8. If carriers charge $.20 per text message, that means the markup is almost 20,000,000%!”
“Yes, the total cost to carriers for ALL the text messages sent in the U.S. this year is no more than $25,000!”
from rantblogger.com
Don’t forget “Text Nothing Day” is Thursday, January 15th. Join the smsless Facebook group to keep up to date.
