This has confused me for quite some time, why is it that we are still paying so much for simple communications like SMS and MMS type messages…
Why is it that the average sms price in Australia is $0.25, yet you can use an off shore provider and send for as little as $0.07 just for creating an account. If you are in the country and send a lot of SMS spam like the bigger players – you send for as little as $0.02 per message.
The reason as far as I have been made aware by a particular telco is that if one provider all of a sudden lowered their prices – there would be an investigation into why things were not always that price – and none of the providers want that. So – essentially – they have all agreet to keep their pricing around the same price point.
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