[2008.x] GPRS Instructions on the Wiki

nickd blumph at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 04:58:48 CEST 2008


Joel Newkirk wrote:
> What irritates me the most is that I have unlimited
> data, but T-Mobile still charges me $0.15 per text message since I don't
> pay the $5 or whatever per month for a messaging bundle.  Most
> irrititatingly, though, if the message has an image or sound file attached,
> the multimedia message comes out of data instead of text messaging, so it's
> free.  (and I can't currently attach images/sounds to messages with my FR) 
>
>   
This is the nature of MMS. I believe it's basically a SMS with a pointer 
to the content which is kept on your carrier's HTTP server which is 
downloaded via WAP.

-Nick




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