I'm on a monthly plan for Vodafone and just noticed they charged me $0.43 for a PXT message is that normal across all other providers?

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#2774240 8-Sep-2021 09:28

Dulouz:

$0.43 is a bargain! Spark charge $0.50. I just got charged the other day for sending one when imessage failed for some reason.

43 cents + GST is 50 cents

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#2774241 8-Sep-2021 09:29

Absolutely no doubt there’s a cost to it. But you have to wonder how Kogan can offer unlimited MMS. And if there is such a large cost involved, then why do telcos still offer it - especially as I can imagine the amount of MMS messages sent lately would be a fraction of 15 years ago

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#2774243 8-Sep-2021 09:30

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Dulouz:

$0.43 is a bargain! Spark charge $0.50. I just got charged the other day for sending one when imessage failed for some reason.

43 cents + GST is 50 cents

Thanks, you saved me - I was just about to switch to Vodafone to get the deal.

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#2774244 8-Sep-2021 09:31

Aucklandjafa: Absolutely no doubt there’s a cost to it. But you have to wonder how Kogan can offer unlimited MMS. And if there is such a large cost involved, then why do telcos still offer it - especially as I can imagine the amount of MMS messages sent lately would be a fraction of 15 years ago

Kogan will be making a loss on this and paying the wholesale provider (Vodafone) per MMS / PXT still

It is to attract new customers

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#2774279 8-Sep-2021 10:52

Dulouz: Thanks, you saved me - I was just about to switch to Vodafone to get the deal.

Vodafone bills certainly make you think!

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#2774290 8-Sep-2021 11:19

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I have worked with MMSC vendors and on the hardware and the carriers have ongoing licence costs, Power, Upgrades, Monthly vendor support costs, Staff ETC..............

Big $$$ per year to have a MMSC running

Yet it costs nothing other then part of your data to send the same image via messenger or other services. MMSC vendors need to catch up.

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#2774296 8-Sep-2021 11:27

Hi Ichiu7,

Pxt are charged on a Vodafone mobile plan. You can check out the pxt rates via your My Vodafone account.

Thanks ^Jovi

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#2774426 8-Sep-2021 12:24

JoviVF:

Hi Ichiu7,

Pxt are charged on a Vodafone mobile plan. You can check out the pxt rates via your My Vodafone account.

Thanks ^Jovi

I know that. That is why I complained why is it being charged these days. A bunch of posts earlier talking about the infrastructure costs.

If it's a cost for MMSC then I do know Vodafone has implemented RCS which I do use but that's no good to sending to all the iPhone users out there.

I do send URL's to photo sharing sites since I assume everybody has some data plan but there is nothing like the immediacy of having the image appear in the message.

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