Americans charged $1000 per MB for text

Link: You might be paying $1,000 per MB for SMS at mobilejones

 We all know that mobile operators use SMS as a cash cow, and printer ink costs more per drop than melted gold. After some research and a bit of number crunching, mobilejones has very kindly worked out how much US carriers charge per megabyte for texting.

It gets a little complicated as the figures are worked out for normal texts, those from bundles, and domestic vs international – but needless to say it’s a lot of dosh. If you’re curious about how it pans out, check out the original article. 

In case you’re interested, the average UK cost per megabyte of SMS data is about £700. Which is nice.