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http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/07/08/text-messages.html

Cellphone users with Bell and Telus are going to have to fork over a little more to receive incoming text messages under new pricing plans slated to roll out in August.

    'Oh baby, when my contract's over, I'll be long gone, for sure.'—Debra Messinger, consumer

Under the new plans, customers will be charged 15 cents to receive incoming text messages, including uninvited spam messages. Previously, customers without text plans were only charged for outgoing messages.
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"A 14-year-old kid gets 30 Happy Birthday messages and gets saddled with the bill, for example."

This implies that people with no text messaging plans, who are already being charged 15 cents to send each message, will also have to pay the same price to receive the messages. Personally, I think this is Bell and Telus' method to gain some money because Rogers is the only company hitting the streets with the iPhone.

The NDP started a facebook group as well as an online peition that can be reached here and here respectively.

You can Digg it here, or you can see more information here and here
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NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by Lou on 07-10-2008 at 01:45 PM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by Menthix on 07-10-2008 at 02:03 PM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by albert on 07-12-2008 at 12:38 AM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by High Speed Chaser on 07-12-2008 at 06:57 AM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by Volv on 07-12-2008 at 07:25 AM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by Nagamasa on 07-13-2008 at 12:13 AM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by absorbation on 07-13-2008 at 12:24 PM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by Quantum on 07-13-2008 at 12:27 PM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by vaccination on 07-13-2008 at 03:45 PM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by brian on 07-13-2008 at 10:56 PM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by Lou on 07-14-2008 at 01:00 AM
RE: NDP against Canadian cell phone cash-grab - by MeEtc on 07-14-2008 at 01:04 AM


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