Comments on: Telstra Set To Make A Crapload Of Money From Your New Years Texting

By: Rocket

Rocket — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:24:16 +0000

National sms is cheaper than 30c but the writer could have been allowing for international sms as well, which is 50c per text (with Optus).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:11:36 +0000

The costs for using a mobile network are almost irrelevant when comparing to the charges that we all pay to use it, because 99% of the costs occur before the first usage. In this way, SMS charges are like tolls on a new road, or payments on a hire car. If charges followed costs, then the first person to send an SMS would be charged $1 billion, and everyone after that would be charged 2 cents. But, no one would want to send that first SMS…

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:24:22 +0000

It’s crazy to say that sending sms messages is cheap so we’re getting ripped off. What pays for the radio tower? what pays for the computers that store and forward the sms messsages?

By: tallinex

tallinex — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:56:35 +0000

$0.30 a Text message??? what research did u do for this article? SMS are a max of $0.25 on Telstra, most people wont be paying that either when u have text packs ect or if your like me and have a hiptop and pay $0.00 per sms so hell yeah i'm gonna sent a $#!T load of sms and Telstra is gonna make $0.00 more then any other month from me.

And as a side note, does any1 else find that RECAPTCHA anti spam thing almost impossible to read? i sure do.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:39:45 +0000

“at roughly 30 cents per SMS” – i don’t know of any network in Australia that charges 30c. 25c is the maximum. And also, most people are on caps and “free text” deals, so the actual profit from all the sms will be significantly less than your projections.

By: niknah

niknah — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:13:44 +0000

30c x 76mill x ??% of the aust. market share = a very small amount of telstra’s tens of billions of revenue.

I stopped paying for sms since I joined smspup…
http://www.smspup.com.au

By: Annika

Annika — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:35:03 +0000

Telstra boosted capacity of the network? Sounds like crap to me and I am sure to the Telstra Techs who have been on strike. Get your gumboots out before wading through more of Sol’s BS.

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:34:10 +0000

wow, I have just reacquainted myself with SMS pricing… Telstra IS a rip-off! I’m with Three, and SMS’s don’t actually cost anywhere near 30c. craziness.

By: James_also

James_also — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:26:58 +0000

Who the heck pays 30cents per message?

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:54:50 +0000

Well instead of us whinging about it lets do something about it… to whom should we complain that Telstra are ripping us off? We could start with something useless and ineffective like the “don’t buy petrol today” style protests but for texts… Or maybe I useless Communications Minister can stop trying to read our emails and rein in Telstra.