Lol, very nice. When I spoke to her about this last night, she said "well it does not always send right away..."
First off this is no excuse, you are still sending the txt msg... I think it is option 5, but I have not figured out the e-enterprise and it must not pay to well. V -----Original Message----- From: Mike [mailto:m...@aweiowa.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:29 AM To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages !) an anomaly of some sort 2) the apple doesn't fall far from the tree 3) she FOUND boys in a big way 4) all of the above I pick 4) all of the above. If you read Verizon's TOS, text messages are not guaranteed to be delivered, take the least cost path, and might arrive well after they are sent. My experience is they handle messaging from their network quite well, from other networks less well, and from the Internet not well at all. I have certain equipment sending me email (text) messages through an SMTP relay server. Sometimes the messages arrive right away, some times in a few minutes, and sometimes hours later! 30 thousand! Maybe there is an option 5) she is engaging in some sort of e-enterprise and is blazing some trails, but, that would fall under 2) the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! :-) At 11:41 PM 9/28/2009, you wrote: >For a fact! > >Now that I am thinking of it...what kind of bandwidth do the telcos have to >provide for this, now industry standard technology of txt? > >I know that a text message does not consist of much traffic, but add to that >the new millions of millions subscribers to "unlimited text." >It could add up... >Or add the txt msg with a pic...now we are getting into some bandwidth. Or >then add the GPS, google me, check my stocks...ect. traffic. > >I would love to see the cellular carriers bandwidth usage stats. > >V > >-----Original Message----- >From: Josh Luthman [mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com] >Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:32 PM >To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages > >Seriously 30k? > >On 9/29/09, St. Louis Broadband <li...@stlbroadband.com> wrote: > > I am reviewing my AT&T wireless bill. I have myself, my mother and my > > daughter on a family plan. > > > > My mother received 8 text messages, which I am sure she does not know that > > she has. > > I received 297 text messages. Some of those were forwards from another > > email account. > > > > However, my 18 year old daughter received 30,500 text messages! > > > > How can this be? How can they type on a qwerty board, or actual phone > > keypad faster than I on a laptop/computer? > > > > She has a facebook account, a twitter, and many other accounts/tech that I > > am not familiar with. > > Is this a sign of the times or of my age? > > > > I started in the Internet industry in 1993. I remember my first AOL >annual > > bill totaling over $5k and this was for 28.8 kbps. > > That is when I figured that this industry was going to be >profitable...darn > > me for daring to going into fixed wireless. > > > > Just had to rant...30,500 txt msgs...omg! > > > > Victoria > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > >-- >Josh Luthman >Office: 937-552-2340 >Direct: 937-552-2343 >1100 Wayne St >Suite 1337 >Troy, OH 45373 > >"When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >improbable, must be the truth." >--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
