SMS Coming - free or not?

Sprint is expected to offer SMS starting next month. You will need a new phone
that supports SMS.

http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com has been following this story, and initially
reported that SMS would be free. Now they think you will have to have Vision on
your account in order to use SMS.

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On 21 Nov 2003 11:34:30 GMT, [email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:

>Sprint is expected to offer SMS starting next month. You will need a new phone
>that supports SMS.
>
>http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com has been following this story, and initially
>reported that SMS would be free. Now they think you will have to have Vision on
>your account in order to use SMS.


SMS is a data service. Data=Vision.
Note that the web site notes that it isn't affiliated with Sprint or
Sprint PCS. So any speculation on their part is just that,
speculation.

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:51:09 -0600, [email protected] wrote:

>On 21 Nov 2003 11:34:30 GMT, [email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:
>
>>Sprint is expected to offer SMS starting next month. You will need a new phone
>>that supports SMS.
>>
>>http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com has been following this story, and initially
>>reported that SMS would be free. Now they think you will have to have Vision on
>>your account in order to use SMS.
>
>
>SMS is a data service. Data=Vision.
>Note that the web site notes that it isn't affiliated with Sprint or
>Sprint PCS. So any speculation on their part is just that,
>speculation.

Whether SPCS will have a special "package" allowing a fixed number of
SMS messages for free or a fee less than full Vision is something that
only Sprint can answer.

sms is different than vision. It doesn't use data at all. ESTIMATES here
are another $5 a month add on with vision like RL.

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-Brandt
I work for SprintPCS
I *DON'T* speak for them

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:51:09 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >On 21 Nov 2003 11:34:30 GMT, [email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:
> >
> >>Sprint is expected to offer SMS starting next month. You will need a new
phone
> >>that supports SMS.
> >>
> >>http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com has been following this story, and
initially
> >>reported that SMS would be free. Now they think you will have to have
Vision on
> >>your account in order to use SMS.
> >
> >
> >SMS is a data service. Data=Vision.
> >Note that the web site notes that it isn't affiliated with Sprint or
> >Sprint PCS. So any speculation on their part is just that,
> >speculation.
>
> Whether SPCS will have a special "package" allowing a fixed number of
> SMS messages for free or a fee less than full Vision is something that
> only Sprint can answer.
>

> sms is different than vision.
> It doesn't use data at all.

Why don't you SprintPCS employees get together so we can get this straight.

Rob vargas said it is data.

shortmail is data, sms is sms. it is a different messaging server. It is
similar in that it is the opposite of voice, but is different nonetheless.
It would be nice, if it costs more, to have them leave shortmail up and
free, so you can chose, but no one knows until it is launched.

--
-Brandt
I work for SprintPCS
I *DON'T* speak for them

"DSL GURU" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> > sms is different than vision.
> > It doesn't use data at all.
>
> Why don't you SprintPCS employees get together so we can get this
straight.
>
> Rob vargas said it is data.

wldthng842 wrote:
> shortmail is data, sms is sms. it is a different messaging server.
> It is similar in that it is the opposite of voice, but is different
> nonetheless. It would be nice, if it costs more, to have them leave
> shortmail up and free, so you can chose, but no one knows until it is
> launched.
>

To be competitive with the SMS kings like T-Mobile and AT&T, they should
probably included something like 50 free SMS messages per month with each
line of service. My Wife used to have T-Mobile and the $19.99 plan and I
used the 50 free SMS messages to send her notifications in the same way I do
with Sprint PCS and text notifications. The 50 free was nice, and she could
respond if she wanted, which sent them back to my regular email address.

Tom Veldhouse

In article <[email protected]>,=20
DSL [email protected] says...
> Rob vargas said it is data.
>=20

I did? Where?

Oh, that's right, Milton, you don't respond to expectations=20
that you back up your claims with facts.

Sorry for daring to question THE WORD ACCORDING TO WEEKEND=20
SUNSHINE.

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I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

[email protected] (DSL GURU) wrote:

>> sms is different than vision.
>> It doesn't use data at all.
>
>Why don't you SprintPCS employees get together so we can get this straight.
>
>Rob vargas said it is data.

Of course it's ****ing data. What other method of conveying information
could SPCS possibly be using? Telepathy? Quantum physics? A little guy
inside your phone who quietly calls *2 and whispers the content of your text
message into an operator's ear?

I suppose option #2 is technically possible; after all, this is the company
that built the nation's first all-digital network from the ground up...

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> To be competitive with the SMS kings like T-Mobile and AT&T, they should
> probably included something like 50 free SMS messages per month with each
> line of service. My Wife used to have T-Mobile and the $19.99 plan and I
> used the 50 free SMS messages to send her notifications in the same way I
do
> with Sprint PCS and text notifications. The 50 free was nice, and she
could
> respond if she wanted, which sent them back to my regular email address.
>
I think SprintPCS sould have a great competitive product on their hands if
they offered unlimited SMS Messaging as part of their Vision service. I can
see the commercials now: a young woman holding a competitors phone and a
calculator as she tries to figure out how much this "conversation" with
their friend is costing while Flasher guy stands there and tells her that
she could SMS her friend all she wants (for free?) if they had Sprint.

i find it easier to just send sms web-to-phone.. plus you can spoof who the real sender is... i like that;

http://www.agentsms.com

their site loads kinda slow from Asia though, other than that it's all good