Price gouging: It costs more to send a text message on Earth than from Mars | ExtremeTech

Price gouging: It costs more to send a text message on Earth than from Mars | ExtremeTech: "Cha-ching! Telcos overcharge for text messages. We all know that, right? Unless you specifically subscribe to a text message plan in the United States, the carriers will charge you an exorbitant rate per message. For example, Verizon Wireless and AT&T will both charge $0.20 per text message if you don’t buy a texting plan from them. Even at a more conservative pricing of five cents per message, that means the carriers are charging around $383,000 per gigabyte."

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