Rarely, and only in reply to someone else's message.
Originally posted by: EGGO
Yes, I do. Believe me, this way of communicating is more convenient and cheaper than you think. Especially since I don't have to have awkward silences, get mad over lost connections, free amount of texting, the benefits really do go on.
It's not there to replace phone calls, it's another form of communication when you need it. I also would rather leave a text message than a voicemail.
Link.
?The maximum size for a text message is 160 characters, which takes 140 bytes because there are only 7 bits per character in the text messaging system, and we assume the average price for a text message is 5p. There are 1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte, so that's 1 million/140 = 7490 text messages to transmit one megabyte. At 5p each, that's £374.49 per MB -
or about 4.4 times more expensive than the ?most pessimistic? estimate for Hubble Space Telescope transmission costs.?
I guess cellphone data is like water: Water gets piped to your house for less than half a cent per gallon, or you can buy it in 20oz bottles for $1 ($6.40/gallon).
Cellphones: Voice communication is likely a few kilobits per second, and you can get quite a lot of minutes per month for $40. Or you can send text messages at a
much higher cost per byte.
It's amusing, we once had pagers, but then moved to voice communications. Now we're basically back to having pagers with integrated cameras.