Is there any reason, beyond corporate greed, for SMS messages to cost so much?

If I get it right, an SMS message is just a short string of data, no different from a message we send in a messenger. If so, then what makes them so expensive? If we’d take Internet plans and consider how much data an SMS takes, we should pay tiny fraction of a cent for each message; why doesn’t that happen?

  • kindenough@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    What are you paying for SMS? I pay 6 euro a month for unlimited sms and calls and 2 GB data. 50+ mobiel is my provider. Now they offer my plan with the first year for 2,5 euro. Dirt cheap.

    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, I drop the equivalent of 16€ and I get 60GB data and unlimited calls and SMS with my Danish provider. Having to pay for SMS is purely corporate greed.

      • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        What about sending sms to other countries though? I have free domestic sms but pay like 0.20€ for international (within EU).

    • Allero@lemmy.todayOP
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      6 months ago

      Around 0,03 euro per SMS - not huge, but when someone contacts you via SMS and you have to communicate this way, money disappear quickly.