How much is a text message?

Answer 1

You have not said what country you are texting from, and whether you are sending a domestic or an international text message.

I will give you the rates from the US.

Verizon Sending: 20c domestic, Receiving: 20c,

international 25c, International Roaming 35c

TMobile 20c domestic, international 35c, Receiving 20c, International Roaming 35c

Sprint : 20c domestic, 25c international, Receiving 20c

AT&T/Cingular: 20c domestic, International 25c

Virgin Mobile: 10c domestic, Receiving 10c, international 20c

Net10: 10c domestic, receiving 10c

You can sign up for a text messaging plan which drastically lowers the price per message, but commits you to spending $5, $10 or even $20 extra per month.

More info:

The cost of text messages has doubled since 2007.

This apparently is an attempt by the major carriers to induce people to sign up for a text messaging package which can lower your cost to about 2.5c per message, but gives them a guaranteed revenue stream.

The companies have not explained this move and some regard it as price-fixing, since all four major carriers raised their rates to the exact price within a short time.

A text message has one of the highest mark-ups of any item you can buy. An article from the NY Times points out the cost to the carrier of sending a text is virtually nil.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html

Strangely, US carriers require users to pay for messages received while receiving messages if free in almost all other countries of the world. Some have also pointed out that being forced to pay for text messages received is akin to being forced to accept a collect call.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

it depends on your carrier, but it's usually 5 or 10 cents per text message.

Answer 4

A text message can cost any amount of money depending on which network you have eg, O2 can cost 5p - 10p for 1 text

Answer 5

It depends. They are 10 cents from most companies, but Verizon Wireless charges 15 cents.

Answer 6

depends what service provider your on 27cents on optus 1 cent on telstra and 25cents on virgin

Answer 7

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Answer 8

it depends on your phone company