Source: http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=638556

Wow are you serious? If i was a Bell/Telus customer I'd be pretty upset with this news.

They really need to do something about the lack of competition here in Canada.

I'm with Fido and incoming text messages are always free.


What if you get a lot of spam messages on your cell? Are they going to charge you for them too?

I will send all my friends text messages to not text message me anymore.

Let me guess. You are a Telus or Bell customer.

I hope there's a way to completely shut down incoming messages. Like a lot of people said, what about spam?

I'm with Bell.
But I shouldn't complain....I never get text messages anyways....I just get calls which are all free because of the free incoming.

Canadian cell service charges are such a ripoff.

My sister uses an American provider (since she works in California) and she's always astonished at how much we have to pay for cell service.

I know it's ridiculous! the iPhone plan by Rogers is another example of how much we're getting jipped.
and you'd think it would get better and cheaper over time....

what if with telus your paying the $10 a month extra for unlimited free texting?

Sweet, more incentive to rid myself of Telus.

Gee. More expensive communications. More expensive gas. More expensive airfare. More expensive foods. Housing repossessions. Looks like hard times for anyone who isn't already wealthy. Wonder how that happened?

Text messaging is pure profit for cell phone companies. The lack of true competition between telecommunications companies is rather disturbing.

yeah the extra 15 cents for incoming text messages is a fuel surcharge

Does that still apply if I have a monthly plan with Bell and I get free incoming texts? I also have 500 texts a month though, so that should be fine for me either way.

Good! Im with fido

Then don't use text messaging!

Is it so hard to just phone your pals?

If you're on a contract then this doesn't apply to you. BEWARE to all who sign new contracts

Guess I'm heading to Rogers.

LOL!

That majorly sucks.

I think people are misreading this article.

it is for PAY AS YOU GO customers only.
every cell phone provider has an unlimited plan for like $10

regardless, Im with Fido and I pay $10 for unlimited text incoming and outgoing

Texting is usually cheaper... for me anyways.

when I only have 100 daytime minutes, and 200 texts (free incoming texts).
Yes, it is so hard to phone my friends.

I go over my daytime minutes almost every single month, If it werent for my texts, you could add approx 200+ minutes to my bill I guess @ 30C a minute.

we must band together and make a system of attaching cups and strings together
we will thwart the evils of canadian wireless communications

I guarantee you, the first time I get charged with it, I'll be filing a law suit under the Canadian Consumer Protection Act, which states it is against the law to charge a customer for something they never asked for (i.e. - I never asked for someone to send me a text message, and Telus won't allow to me remove/block incoming text messages, therefor as a customer I was not given an opportunity to avoid a charge for something I never wanted).

It will be the most expensive 15 cents Telus ever makes.

that is bull????

what next? billing to three decimal places? (Telstra already do this in australia )

Luckily Im with Rogers..unlimited incoming.

That's stupid. If some guy hates you he can spam you with texts all day, assuming he has some text plan of his own.

moving back to Canada next month great news

What's this unlimited text plan for $10? Incoming call charges and the idea of not receiving messages when you have no credit are bad enough but this is outrageous, glad to be back on my contract now, although it is $70 a month. But with a free ps3.

I imagine they'd argue that you asked for the ability to receive text messages by agreeing to use their services. I don't know how much ground that would hold in court, however.

Telus can go ???? themselves.
You have a choice not to take an incoming call, but you don't have a choice not to take an incoming text.
What about when their system ????s up, and you receive the message twice?
Thank god I have unlimited. At least I have unlimited outgoing, I will probably get charged for incoming.

It's easier just to text and say "I'm running late" or "meet me at the bar at 6". My friend texted me yesterday to say Bert and Mo signed.
It's quite often much more convenient to text.

What plan is that?

I imagine you'll be given the option to receive the text or reject it.

Example: A text messages B. B's phone says "you've just been sent a text message from A, do you want to read it? 15 cent charge applies".

I think what they want everyone doing is signing up for their unlimited web surfing plans. That way everyone will be emailing each other instead of texting, and Bell/Telus will be guarenteed the extra 10 or 15 bucks a month the internet browsing plan costs.

Yes I was going to ask this. It looked like it was for Pay as you go only.

I don't give a crap, anyone who's still on pay as you go is either 14 or over 18 and dumb.

Given the date they should probably charge you txters $0.88

I have a year left on my contract, but I never included text messaging in my plan, as 2 years ago I wasn't texting at all. So now I pay 15 cents for each outgoing text, and I guess soon enough I'll be paying 15 cents for each incoming.

Good thing I'm dropping the chick who I do most of my texting with.

I know! I've watched friends trade a dozen (or two) text messages with a person before finally getting impatient enough to call.

I have yet to send a text message myself, though I receive the odd text message from friends. I have no text messaging on my plan, just a few daytimes minutes and unlimited evening/weekend minutes.

I also receive text messages from Telus to inform me of things like free calling on my birthday, etc - will they charge for these??

$10 a month. $15 if you include voice mail and caller ID.

Not that expensive.

This makes no sense. So technically, if you hate someone and you know they don't have a text plan and you do, you could just send them 5,000 texts and then they'd have to pay for it.

contract is over August 2nd. good bye Bell.

OMGGGzzzzzz CONSPIRACYYYy!!1

Think about it...all of a suddenly, they're gonna charge you for incoming texts on 08.08.08?

You know what this means. Elvis is coming back that day.

I'm on Pay As You Go, but the reason for that is either I don't use my cellphone for two or three months straight, or suddenly I have to use it for 3 or 4 hours in a single day.

Yesterday was a prime example. I had to use 4 hours of airtime, but since I already accumulated over $200 in my account due to lack of use (but I keep adding on to it monthly), I didn't have to worry about running out of minutes. Still got $196 left.

In regards to your sig too bad their skill levels are almost the same.

I send a good 5 texts a month.

Phoning > txtin k?

No cell phone, no text messaging NO CARE!! sweet!

Bell, Telus, Rido, and Rogers are all at it to some degree, only Telus offers a better package than everyone else.

If all cell phone providers have unlimited txt packages then good, but I don't think Bell / Solo has that. They have 2500 incoming & outgoing inclusive for $10 I think.

Actually, if you get a Text Messaging package, you wont be charged for incoming text.

Just thought I'd share what I found in my inbox this morning.

That's unfortunate.

Too bad I JUST got a 2-year Telus plan. I also thought my plan included 300 text messages per month... but they failed to mention the ones in the plan only count if they are sent to other Telus people... gotta pay if sending them to non Telus users