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Astronomical Cost of Sending an SMS.

May 12th, 2008  |  Published in SMS Mobile  |  3 Comments

“Physorg has a paper comparing the cost of text messaging versus the cost of getting data from Hubble Space Telescope. From the article: ‘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 $732.95 per MB — or about 4.4 times more expensive than the ‘most pessimistic’ estimate for Hubble Space Telescope transmission costs.” “Hubble is by no means a cheap mission — but the mobile phone text costs were pretty astronomical!”"

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  1. What’s in a Keyword? Everything. | Nate Nead says:

    May 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm (#)

    […] Who knows what will be in store for the future of the keyword. I think we are hitting an age when advertising and communication will all be done via a wireless connection on mobile PDAs. This is just a personal opinion. I predict that keywords via SMS will have just as much sway as standard keywords. Google Mobile is a great example of this. I love it. It’s such a great resource. Yes, short code keywords will continue to be a great resource but also a great cost for consumers. […]

  2. What’s in a Keyword?…Everything. says:

    May 30th, 2008 at 9:39 pm (#)

    […] Who knows what will be in store for the future of the keyword. I think we are hitting an age when advertising and communication will all be done via a wireless connection on mobile PDAs. This is just a personal opinion. I predict that keywords via SMS will have just as much sway as standard keywords. Google Mobile is a great example of this. I love it. It’s such a great resource. Yes, short code keywords will continue to be a great resource but also a great cost for consumers. […]

  3. I bit the bullet: I’m now on Twitter | Nate Nead says:

    January 14th, 2009 at 6:47 pm (#)

    […] 4. Texting isn’t free. In fact texting is quite expensive.  […]

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