What is this that I hear? Only 100 text messages can now be sent per SIM, per day?
Why are you doing this to us, TRAI? I know you want to put an end to those pesky telemarketing messages urging me to buy devices guaranteed to make me lose 3 kilos in a week and gain 4 inches in one month. I know you despise those messages as much as me, that ask me to rush now and book flats at the latest apartment complex. I know you would like to rid me of those annoying advertisements about e-cigarettes and second-hand P4 PC's. But if this is the cost, I rather put up with a few of those messages everyday than not be able to message without keeping a track of how many messages I've sent, limited only by my message pack's expiry date, and nothing else.
The most retarded thing about this ban is that you've arrived at the limit of 100, by doing some survey from which you concluded that the average phone user has 100 contacts.
Were you ever a teenager? Were you ever a teenager in an age when phones were aplenty and messages were very, very cheap? Because despite what you might think, most of us do not send one message a day to each of our averagely-numbered contacts. No. We message a select group of friends FREQUENTLY. The group size is irrelevant when imposing a limit on the number of messages to be sent. The existing limit of 160 characters per message means that sometimes, our messages turn into 3-4 page long rants. Even if I have just 5 friends who I message say, 15 times a day, with a few of those messages being 2-page long, I cross 100.
Among the other arguments being put forward against this ban, there is this one - What if the 101st message is an emergency message?
And what if I don't want to spend Rs. 0.60 for a minute of talktime, because buying a message pack at Rs. 89 for 20,000 messages (rough estimate of the Vodafone package) is so much cheaper? I can carry out lengthy discussions through messages, which I couldn't have afforded to do if it required me to make a phone call every time.
And what if the telemarketing companies, the ones whose messages you are seeking to curb, buy many SIMs? Their problem gets solved na, but I cannot do that. I still have just one SIM, and only 100 messages that I can send in a day.
In all honesty, this last month, I sent an average of a little more than 100 messages per day only. But that means that on some days I exceeded the limit, and on a few days, I sent less than 100. A few months back though, I sent about 5000 messages in one month.
Do you still think 100 messages is that a suitable a number? I bet you're one of those people who don't know what T9 is and send messages only on festivals and other occasions suchlike. Gah. How do we expect you to understand the pain of a person who prefers to message people than call them?
Regards
Espèra
Why are you doing this to us, TRAI? I know you want to put an end to those pesky telemarketing messages urging me to buy devices guaranteed to make me lose 3 kilos in a week and gain 4 inches in one month. I know you despise those messages as much as me, that ask me to rush now and book flats at the latest apartment complex. I know you would like to rid me of those annoying advertisements about e-cigarettes and second-hand P4 PC's. But if this is the cost, I rather put up with a few of those messages everyday than not be able to message without keeping a track of how many messages I've sent, limited only by my message pack's expiry date, and nothing else.
The most retarded thing about this ban is that you've arrived at the limit of 100, by doing some survey from which you concluded that the average phone user has 100 contacts.
Were you ever a teenager? Were you ever a teenager in an age when phones were aplenty and messages were very, very cheap? Because despite what you might think, most of us do not send one message a day to each of our averagely-numbered contacts. No. We message a select group of friends FREQUENTLY. The group size is irrelevant when imposing a limit on the number of messages to be sent. The existing limit of 160 characters per message means that sometimes, our messages turn into 3-4 page long rants. Even if I have just 5 friends who I message say, 15 times a day, with a few of those messages being 2-page long, I cross 100.
Among the other arguments being put forward against this ban, there is this one - What if the 101st message is an emergency message?
And what if I don't want to spend Rs. 0.60 for a minute of talktime, because buying a message pack at Rs. 89 for 20,000 messages (rough estimate of the Vodafone package) is so much cheaper? I can carry out lengthy discussions through messages, which I couldn't have afforded to do if it required me to make a phone call every time.
And what if the telemarketing companies, the ones whose messages you are seeking to curb, buy many SIMs? Their problem gets solved na, but I cannot do that. I still have just one SIM, and only 100 messages that I can send in a day.
In all honesty, this last month, I sent an average of a little more than 100 messages per day only. But that means that on some days I exceeded the limit, and on a few days, I sent less than 100. A few months back though, I sent about 5000 messages in one month.
Do you still think 100 messages is that a suitable a number? I bet you're one of those people who don't know what T9 is and send messages only on festivals and other occasions suchlike. Gah. How do we expect you to understand the pain of a person who prefers to message people than call them?
Regards
Espèra
8 Say What They Think:
So, so true. I kept trying to send people messages in the evening today and didn't realize that they weren't going because of the stupid TRAI regulation.
Oh, you crossed the 100 limit today?
Agreed man. Its a stupid annoying limit. :S
Altho, I don't message a lot, but from times, when I did, 100 would so not be enough.
I agree the implementation of this rule seems unscientific but there are many other rules by TRAI sections of society. The fight should be more about putting the right kind of systems in place rather than a case study. As long as that doesn't happen, these "phantom" rules will keep surfacing from time to time.
Sam - Freedom is getting more and more limited :(
Mcenley - I didn't understand the last part of this line - "I agree the implementation of this rule seems unscientific but there are many other rules by TRAI sections of society."
Why'd you delete my comment? :/
Espera, It's a fundamental problem with organizational management and not just this "SMS rule". If the fundamentals are corrected, all other things will take place.
Sahil - I didn't! I thought YOU did! :/
Mcenley - Ah yes. I agree. :)
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