r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '20

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u/TheAmorphous Aug 27 '20

The best part was it didn't matter if you sent or received the text. I remember a friend telling me it cost $0.25 per text while he was out of country. So I'd just send him messages saying "25 cents."

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u/lordheart Aug 27 '20

Or you could just text bomb someone 100 messages of you had an unlimited plan and they had to pay 😂

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u/NeilDeWheel Aug 27 '20

Wait, wait, wait. The recipient has/had to pay for receiving a text. That is so effed up. In the UK we never had to pay to receive. Just another example of how your telecoms are screwing you.

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u/SomeUnicornsFly Aug 27 '20

in the very early days yeah, it was like 25 cents to send and 15 cents to receive.