EU Parliament cares about cellular users, caps text/voice roaming charges

by
Mike
Posted April 22nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
There isn't a better example of price gouging and customer screwing than ceullar companies' pricing on overage charges. While the title and linked article deal with roaming charges, because of the differences in geographic locations, overage charges are more or less a this-for-that type of issue here in America. For example, most carriers in the United States are now charging $0.45 per minute over your montly allotment. Text messages aren't any better ringing in at $0.15-$0.20 for over...
SMS Counter monitors your texts to keep your bill low

by
Mike
Posted March 24th, 2009 at 8:15 am
If you don't have an unlimited texting plan (I didn't used to) you know the feeling of always calculating in your head about how many texts you've sent/received each month and how close you are to going over you monthly allotment. It is a balancing act that often results in you paying several dollars up to more extreme cases of several hundred just for using a few bytes of data each time. Pricing per text message is rediculous in itself, but that's a whole nother story. Blackberry user...