• smeg
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    1 day ago

    What human being has sent an SMS message in the last decade? Obviously I’m being a bit facetious, but seriously I don’t think I’ve sent a text since mobile internet stopped being pay-per-MB and the only ones I receive are automated.

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      1 day ago

      My plan still is pay per MB (well maybe per GB). So yes, of course I use SMS. Besides, what alternative is there? No one has the same apps.

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        7 hours ago

        Wow, surprised anywhere still offers that. Is it normal for your country or just a particularly good deal for you?

        what alternative is there? No one has the same apps

        Use any of the alternatives depending on who you need to message. Most of the people I want to message are on Signal and I still have WhatsApp for the rest.

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          5 hours ago

          My Ting plan is about $30 per month, unlimited talk and text for 2 phones and including the first block of data we usually need. Data is billed combined at something like $5 per GB, so we really prefer to stay under 1GB which is the first block.

          Yes, it is a good deal. Less than half what many people pay. I could afford to buy 10GB of data for the cost difference and that is often the limit on many “unlimited” plans.

          Edit: Hence we keep our data off by default. To chat, someone would need to text me to meet on an app.

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            1 hour ago

            Wow, that’s horribly expensive!