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  1. #1
    honest
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    Hello Group,

    I don't have vision - but I have a vision capable phone (8100). I have
    read several times in this group that you will not be charged for
    sending an email to [email protected]. That is NO
    LONGER TRUE. After getting hit with .10 per message I called CS and
    found that they've changed their setup to include a charge for it (if
    you don't have vision). You can buy a bucket of 100 messages for $5.00
    if you want to shell out for it.
    If you have automated emails going to your phone from various places,
    (server messages for me...) you will be billed $.10 for each
    notification.

    Cingular is looking better now....

    Best Regards,

    Ian



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  2. #2
    JRW
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

    honest wrote:

    > Hello Group,
    >
    > I don't have vision - but I have a vision capable phone (8100). I have
    > read several times in this group that you will not be charged for
    > sending an email to [email protected]. That is NO
    > LONGER TRUE.


    Are you stating this correctly? There has never been and never will
    be a charge to SEND a message to a Sprint phone, or any other wireless
    phones. Unless if Bill Gates pushes for the 10 cent email charge.

    But there IS a charge if the handset receives the message. As I
    recall, CS told me last summer that if I didn't have Vision, there
    was a charge to receive text messages. So this really nothing new.




  3. #3
    honest
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

    I beg to differ. Do your homework - a search in this ng on 'text
    messaging' and 'free' and you will see that this is in fact NEW.

    Also, was told by a CSR that it is new...

    >
    > Are you stating this correctly? There has never been and never will
    > be a charge to SEND a message to a Sprint phone, or any other wireless
    > phones. Unless if Bill Gates pushes for the 10 cent email charge.
    >
    > But there IS a charge if the handset receives the message. As I
    > recall, CS told me last summer that if I didn't have Vision, there
    > was a charge to receive text messages. So this really nothing new.




  4. #4
    Kenneth Crudup
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

    In article <[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (honest) says:

    >I beg to differ. Do your homework - a search in this ng on 'text
    >messaging' and 'free' and you will see that this is in fact NEW.


    Eh? I have *always* been charged for (what used to be called) "Wireless
    Web Messaging"- E-mail to "<phonenumber>@messaging.sprintpcs.com". I
    used to have the $5 Wireless Web add-on which gave me 10 (or 50, I
    forget) WWMs for free, but there's never been a time (in recent memory,
    and I've been with SPCS 'since 2/98) where they've been completely free
    (without Vision).

    -Kenny

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  5. #5
    Bob Smith
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES


    "Kenneth Crudup" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] (honest) says:
    >
    > >I beg to differ. Do your homework - a search in this ng on 'text
    > >messaging' and 'free' and you will see that this is in fact NEW.

    >
    > Eh? I have *always* been charged for (what used to be called) "Wireless
    > Web Messaging"- E-mail to "<phonenumber>@messaging.sprintpcs.com". I
    > used to have the $5 Wireless Web add-on which gave me 10 (or 50, I
    > forget) WWMs for free, but there's never been a time (in recent memory,
    > and I've been with SPCS 'since 2/98) where they've been completely free
    > (without Vision).
    >
    > -Kenny


    Kenny, I hear that memory is the second thing to go ... It was 50 ...

    Bob::who probably is on the fourth level of things going ... ::





  6. #6
    Jerome Zelinske
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

    I still am paying $5 for WW. It includes 50 Text Messages.
    Memory is the said to be the second thing to go. I don't remember
    the first!


    Kenneth Crudup wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] (honest) says:
    >
    >
    >>I beg to differ. Do your homework - a search in this ng on 'text
    >>messaging' and 'free' and you will see that this is in fact NEW.

    >
    >
    > Eh? I have *always* been charged for (what used to be called) "Wireless
    > Web Messaging"- E-mail to "<phonenumber>@messaging.sprintpcs.com". I
    > used to have the $5 Wireless Web add-on which gave me 10 (or 50, I
    > forget) WWMs for free, but there's never been a time (in recent memory,
    > and I've been with SPCS 'since 2/98) where they've been completely free
    > (without Vision).
    >
    > -Kenny
    >





  7. #7
    JRW
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

    honest wrote:

    > I beg to differ. Do your homework - a search in this ng on 'text
    > messaging' and 'free' and you will see that this is in fact NEW.
    >
    > Also, was told by a CSR that it is new...
    >
    >
    >>Are you stating this correctly? There has never been and never will
    >>be a charge to SEND a message to a Sprint phone, or any other wireless
    >>phones. Unless if Bill Gates pushes for the 10 cent email charge.
    >>
    >>But there IS a charge if the handset receives the message. As I
    >>recall, CS told me last summer that if I didn't have Vision, there
    >>was a charge to receive text messages. So this really nothing new.


    OK, you didn't understand what I said.

    Let me rephrase it:

    There is NO charge to the SENDER of a test message (as in sending
    party pays). Do you get charged when you go to Sprint's website
    and send a message to a cellphone? Does it ask for your credit card
    number to send the message? Of course not...

    There IS a charge for the cellphone user to receiver the message,
    if the user doesn't have Vision.




  8. #8
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

    honest <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Hello Group,
    >
    > I don't have vision - but I have a vision capable phone (8100). I have
    > read several times in this group that you will not be charged for
    > sending an email to [email protected]. That is NO
    > LONGER TRUE. After getting hit with .10 per message I called CS and
    > found that they've changed their setup to include a charge for it (if
    > you don't have vision). You can buy a bucket of 100 messages for $5.00
    > if you want to shell out for it.
    > If you have automated emails going to your phone from various places,
    > (server messages for me...) you will be billed $.10 for each
    > notification.
    >
    > Cingular is looking better now....
    >
    > Best Regards,
    >
    > Ian


    As is T-Mobile as we use the messaging service alot. All one-way
    messages of course.

    --

    Thomas T. Veldhouse
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  9. #9
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

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    Kenneth Crudup <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > Eh? I have *always* been charged for (what used to be called) "Wireless
    > Web Messaging"- E-mail to "<phonenumber>@messaging.sprintpcs.com". I
    > used to have the $5 Wireless Web add-on which gave me 10 (or 50, I
    > forget) WWMs for free, but there's never been a time (in recent memory,
    > and I've been with SPCS 'since 2/98) where they've been completely free
    > (without Vision).
    >
    > -Kenny


    They were never free on non-vision phones, but on Vision phones we have
    not been charged for our usage. We don't actually subscribe to vision,
    instead preferring to pay by the KB.

    - --

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  10. #10
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Guest

    Re: Heads UP - You now WILL be CHARGED for email TEXT MESSAGES

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    JRW <no_addy@no_.com> wrote:
    > honest wrote:


    > OK, you didn't understand what I said.
    >
    > Let me rephrase it:
    >
    > There is NO charge to the SENDER of a test message (as in sending
    > party pays). Do you get charged when you go to Sprint's website
    > and send a message to a cellphone? Does it ask for your credit card
    > number to send the message? Of course not...


    This goes without saying and falls under the "No **** Sherlock"
    category.

    >
    > There IS a charge for the cellphone user to receiver the message,
    > if the user doesn't have Vision.
    >


    They have not charged in the past to have them delivered to Vision
    phones, even without Vision on the plan (as long as the phone was
    provisioned at one time for Vision).

    BTW, I had several messages sent to my phone last month and I was NOT
    charged for them. There was no line item on my bill for them
    what-so-ever.

    - --

    Thomas T. Veldhouse
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