They’re in Russia. I don’t know anybody in the US (I assume you’re talking about) who pays for SMS.
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Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I know it doesn’t help, but Europeans have always been amazed how much you guys were charged for SMS. Even in 1999, over here messages cost a fraction of what you were charged - that you pay for them at all these days is just mind-boggling.
nave@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 months ago
American profit seeking at its finest
DBT@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Who were you texting in 1999? Cell phones weren’t very common then.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Probably me on my Nokia 5110.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I always wanted a Nokia - I know it was a cliche, but I was amazed at how indestructible they were. Even when they did actually break apart, you could just pick up the bits, clip them back together, and it would just work again - with no visible damage.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Obviously I updated my 5110 to a 3310 only a few years later!
But to be honest I think my all time favorite will always stay my Ericsson T610/630… I kept that thing for over seven years. It rocked. Even had Bluetooth which I used to connect with my X10 home automation.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I started university in 1999. Pretty much everyone had a mobile phone there. They were fairly new, granted, but they were pretty ubiquitous.
Maeve@kbin.social 2 months ago
I was late getting a flip phone, but I did in 02. Everyone else I knew already had mobile devices.
DBT@lemmy.world 2 months ago
By 02 texting & cellphones were somewhat common. In 1999 people were only really using cellphones to make calls and they were less common than pagers.
Maeve@kbin.social 2 months ago
It's funny. My general region uses text but really only phones if it's really important right this moment. We do have the phone conversations when it's too much to text though.
Zorque@kbin.social 2 months ago
They were called pagers back then.
SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Bullshit
DBT@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Please elaborate on how wrong you are. There were pay phones everywhere still in 99.