Reply #12: Texts are just a few hundred bytes at most.

[sudopod]

While loading all of the images on any given webpage will be dozens or hundred of kilobytes. Hell, that tiny DU logo in the corner is 2.7 kB. Voice can be even more, depending on the sampling rate. Yet they segment the market by separating data plans and text plans and charge people absurd amounts (in relative terms) to send tiny messages. No, it's no reason to bring out pitch forks and torches, but it is aggravating in the same way that the dozen different flavors of Windows 7 are also aggravating. I don't see how someone pointing that out earns your angrypost.

Also, where did you get "Luddite" vibes from?

From the article:

Since switching to a Google Voice number -- which includes texting, among other services, for free -- I promptly discontinued my texting plan for Verizon. Upon the imminent launch of iOS 5, iPhone users will have access to the iMessage app, which provides free text, photos, videos, and group messaging for every iOS customer. (Google is rumored to debut a similar product for Android users, too.) And most recently, Facebook debuted its Messenger app which circumvents a provider's SMS service by sending brief messages to contacts you're likely friends with already.

Sounds positively Pennsylvania Dutch, doesn't it?

This isn't Slashdot, son. We read our articles before posing in this house.