Thoughts On The Morphing SMS and MMS Fee Model
by Russell Shaw
According to a tip turned into a post on Engadget Mobile, AT&T will, starting next Monday, offer a flat monthly SMS/MMS Family Plan for $29.99.
I think this is merely a transitional phase. The current per-SMS message fee model will soon be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Eventually, carriers will simply assess SMS and MMS messages either according to the number of characters in the header and then the message itself- or the number of minutes you spend sending and receiving such messages.
So let’s just say you SMS 200 minutes a month. If that activity doesn’t push you above your calling plan’s parameters, you’ve already paid for the time. If not, that’s when the overages will start to kick in.
