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Americans call them text messages, which is the most idiotic name I have ever heard of. First of all the protocol is SMS. Second of all everyone else in the free technology world calls them SMS. So therefore I move that all Americans get their head out of their butts and conform to the rest of the free world.

Just like T1’s. We are the only country in the world that uses T1’s. Everyone else uses E1’s which are much more efficient. Do the math 32 channels for an E1 verse 24 channels for a T1, all at 64k. Even Canada uses E1’s.

The SMS protocol is the simplest protocol written. It is much similar to HTTP. There is a server which is called the SMSC and clients, which are your cell phones, voicemail servers, and anything else that uses SMS. Just like HTTP it is a connectionless protocol. It is very lightweight and very efficient.

Now you know what SMS is and does, now you can know why I really despise American Cell providers. Most of the free world does not charge for SMS messages, think about it some places charge 2 cents per minute for each text message above a certain threshhold. SMS should be free. It does not cost Telco’s anything to provide the service. If you already have cellular service then SMS uses a fraction of the resources.

Why as Americans do we put up with this? Because we think we are above other countries enough not to worry about what services their cell providers charge. We are also the only country who’s Cell providers charge for incoming calls. Go figure. The next time I see a finiancial lose news conference for a cell provider, remind me to send their CFO a “Text Message” giving him my support.

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