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Francischan replied on June 04, 2008 08:58 to the question "Who pays for twitter SMS ?" in Twitter:
What I concern is, if I send a SMS messages to my friends in Africa, I don't know whether they need to pay for receiving the message. How can I figure out that? Many thanks!!!-
Chris M replied on April 24, 2008 15:15 to the question "Is GrandCentral available in Europe?" in Grand Central:
The Beta waiting list page only lists United States area codes. It would appear that international support is not in the short-term plans for GrandCentral.
They do provide a way for you to "vote" for this requested feature, though -- click on the "Suggest It" button next to the item(s) you'd like to see, or write your own!
http://www.google.com/support/grandce... -
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tedster replied on January 22, 2008 23:23 to the question "Who pays for twitter SMS ?" in Twitter:
I am not familiar with the charge plan in the USA. But, I heard most of them (Verizon, ATT, Sprint, Tmobile) charge mobile phone callers and callees. Does this charge-both-party rule apply to SMS as well? I think ATT has some program to give you 200 SMS/MMS free per month. But, I dont know if this counts for sending only or including receiving SMS/MMS as well.
If that's they charge both parties, consider twitter's traffic, that's a lot of SMS fees they will be charged everyday for relaying tweeds to subscribers' friends. The best is we all get it for free :) -
mdy replied on January 03, 2008 12:12 to the question "Who pays for twitter SMS ?" in Twitter:
Ah. I misunderstood you then.
Right now, Twitter is paying for every message that they send out.
Depending on the user's mobile phone plan, a Twitter user either receives the SMS for free, or the Twitter user has to pay an SMS fee to the mobile phone company. Twitter doesn't charge for the messages that it sends out.
Based on interviews with Twitter's founders, they are currently focused on increasing the user base and are willing to defer revenue until they have a large enough user base.
Related blogposts:
- Obvious incorporates Twitter, Inc.
- Union Square Ventures (a NY-based VC) invests in Twitter and says they don't know what the business model is yet.
There's a lot of discussion going on this week about how Twitter can make money in the future. You'll find them all at Techmeme. -
chris replied on January 03, 2008 08:42 to the question "What about WEB 3.0 ?" in O'Reilly Media:
thx. i also think so! -
chris replied on January 03, 2008 08:39 to the question "Who pays for twitter SMS ?" in Twitter:
my question had a serious background.... When someone sends me a direct twitter message i will receive an SMS. I do not pay for. But in capitalism each service has to be payed by someone. So i ask again: Who is paying for this twitter SMS... is this so difficult to understand? I don ́t think - but i did ́nt get the answer. This is NOT kidding :) -
mdy replied on January 02, 2008 17:26 to the question "Who pays for twitter SMS ?" in Twitter:
From the Twitter Blog:
Reminder: Standard Rates Do Apply
Figured I'd post that even though Chris said he was kidding when he asked the question. haha! -
bblboy54 replied on January 02, 2008 17:05 to the question "Who pays for twitter SMS ?" in Twitter:
I'm not exactly sure what you are asking but SMS messages are paid for in many different ways. Twitter subscribes to an SMS gateway in order to get their shortcode (40404) and they pay their provider according to the agreement worked out. The mobile carriers also pay an SMS gateway service to connect their customers to the SMS network.
You can find more information about SMS Gateways at WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gate... -
timoreilly, an employee of O'Reilly Media, replied on January 01, 2008 23:14 to the question "What about WEB 3.0 ?" in O'Reilly Media:
I've written about the topic of Web 3.0 quite a bit. Try following this link to see some of it. At bottom, I don't find it a useful term. Web 2.0 was a term of the moment, born in the dotcom bust when people thought the Web was over. We were trying to make the statement that the web would come roaring back. (And it did.) It isn't a version number. -
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chris asked a question in Grand Central on January 01, 2008 23:11:
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chris asked a question in O'Reilly Media on January 01, 2008 23:08:
What about WEB 3.0 ?When will it start? -
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chris asked a question in Twitter on January 01, 2008 23:03:
Who pays for twitter SMS ?there must be 100 of thousands sms sent every day... who is paying for them?
