[BC] (OT) Cell phone Text messaging

[Blake Bowers]

In most parts of the country, Paging has better coverage,
better in building penetration, and can (depending on
your cell phone plan) lower your wireless phone costs.

While they may be a cheaper solution than carrying
both, wireless phones may not be a "better" option.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mark at shander.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] (OT) Cell phone Text messaging


> Most cell phones have a one-key "polite" mode that silences or places a
> phone on vibrate, which is the same setting many pagers are on.
> 
> If you have a cell phone, text messaging as an added feature at $2.99
> per 100 messages sent/received, even ala carte at .10 per message, is
> cheaper than also carrying a pager and paying for that service, unless
> you are paged more than a couple of hundred times per month or more.
> 
> Text messages can optionally be delivered to email accounts and can be
> optionally received from email accounts.  Their delivery can be tracked
> at Web Sites for free (see www.vtext.com for example).  They can notify
> you of traffic accidents on your regular route to work that could delay
> you from arriving to begin projects.  It's cheaper, works alike, and
> has more benefits than paging.
> 
> If you didn't carry a phone, I'd agree completely.  Pagers are cheaper
> than phone service.  
> 
> If you have phone service, and if you get only a moderate number of
> pages per month, text messages are a cheaper solution than paying even
> as low as $5 per month for a pager.
>