Does anyone know where 'standard text rates' are defined ?
On the various TV & radio ads which ask you to send an SMS to 5xxxx there is normally a little tag line to the effect that 'standard text rates apply', but I have never found out what a 'standard text rate' is.
From my experience of mobile billing, there is no such thing as a standard since it always seems to depend on the package you are on, the network you are calling, the number of clouds visible in the sky, etc . . . .
I don't think I have ever sent an SMS to one of the 5xxxx numbers precisely because I have heard and read about all the scams which surround the billing process - like messages cost €1 per message sent and then they proceed to *send you* 20 messages costing €20. I imagine this 'standard text rate' to be similar where they come back and say "Oh yeah, bud, our standard rate is, eh . . . . €5 per message."
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On the various TV & radio ads which ask you to send an SMS to 5xxxx there is normally a little tag line to the effect that 'standard text rates apply', but I have never found out what a 'standard text rate' is.
From my experience of mobile billing, there is no such thing as a standard since it always seems to depend on the package you are on, the network you are calling, the number of clouds visible in the sky, etc . . . .
I don't think I have ever sent an SMS to one of the 5xxxx numbers precisely because I have heard and read about all the scams which surround the billing process - like messages cost €1 per message sent and then they proceed to *send you* 20 messages costing €20. I imagine this 'standard text rate' to be similar where they come back and say "Oh yeah, bud, our standard rate is, eh . . . . €5 per message."
z