Gregory's Server@blaine I really never understood the reason why US mobile operators charged for received SMS instead of sent SMS like in Europe.
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@blaine yeah, back in the time it cost zero to send/receive as it was almost out of band and reused the signaling infra. at some point, that became obsolete and now SMS is being delivered over IP - as everything else, to be honest . And telco HW companies keep milking the cow selling and licensing SMS<>IP gateways to maintain legacy. |
@nosuchuser I got a really cynical answer from a telco exec once (because even charging to send is a horrible theft): "That billing infrastructure was *expensive*" 😡