Rest in peace SMS

[VC-1]

WTF is this dude smoking?

SMS messages have historically been delayed within the networks, the message doesn't go through on the handset until the network accepts it. Signal/Noise ratio is not applicable to digital networks, instead a useful metric is BER or bit-error-rate.

GPRS/EDGE also use the GSM frequencies to send and receive, the modulation schemes are where the magic happens.

These days, even in poor reception areas I have been able to get small payload TCP packets through to servers, quite remarkably well.
GSM chipsets have improved tremendously in recent years, which leads me to conclude this guy is using a VERY OLD phone still.

You may have most modern chipset but oldest RF signal theory and radio engineering still clearly states if the ratio of noise exceeds the accepted level of signal requirements of the receiver,this remains a poor signal.This and will degrade any radio packets etc.
So Koosi daar het Jy nou die feite oukerel.
Viva SMS

 

[DXL]

100% Correct ......BUT

They should reduce the costs of the SMS messaging system in line with data costs... and then people will start using it again in droves.

100% Correct ......But in the corporate world things are different.
If you have been charging people 80c per SMS for the last 21 Years you cannot just start charging them 10c per SMS then they are going to ask questions and demand refunds.

Things work slightly different in the Business World Companies are happy to lose a product that can turn a company around by simply dropping the price but it never happens , and yes i know its sad. Then we wonder why we all cant be CEO's cos we would think to reduce pricing and make profits. CEO's have to increase prices and make profit.

Yes the SMS could have killed Whatsapp and others yet the Cellular Operators Worldwide took a chance and are now suffering. They played their losing cards till the end Sorry for them and this is worldwide.

Only Vietnam and India does not have Whatsapp taking over simply because sms is cheap and data costs more.

Most countries have Whatsapp messaging taking over basic communications.

 

[SaiyanZ]

I have on my Whatsapp:

- 31565 messages sent (53.3mb used)
- 63951 messages received (80.0mb used)

At 80c per sms it would have cost me over R25k to send those 31.5k messages. As opposed to 133mb data cost.

 

[Click This IT Solutions]

In my case and I'm sure lots of others here, SMS is a source of spam. 99% of the stuff I get via SMS is spam, so I would like to see SMS die and RIPieces

 

[PsyLenT]

The new contracts from MTN, which you have to take when upgrading and signing a new contract, give me 200mb less a month and 175 text messages more a month. What the hell do I need 200 messages for? I barely used 2 or 3 text messages on my old contract. All these service providing companies are doing more and more to dupe customers into paying too much for too little.

 

[Freaksta]

Only use SMS to communicate with my alarm.

 

[PsyLenT]

In my case and I'm sure lots of others here, SMS is a source of spam. 99% of the stuff I get via SMS is spam, so I would like to see SMS die and RIPieces

SO TRUE! 95% of my Inbox is SPAM. And I've tried the 'STOP to opt out' method - which was a total waste of time.

 

[kianm]

The only useful sms I receive nowadays is a bank OTP sms

 

[AntiGanda]

Everyone has SMS, which is why it is still used.

 

[Necuno]

RIP SMS

Vodacom’s latest numbers show a drastic decline in SMS volumes, which comes at a time when instant messaging is skyrocketing.

#richproblems ?

 

[Swa]

The new contracts from MTN, which you have to take when upgrading and signing a new contract, give me 200mb less a month and 175 text messages more a month. What the hell do I need 200 messages for? I barely used 2 or 3 text messages on my old contract. All these service providing companies are doing more and more to dupe customers into paying too much for too little.

Data is the most versatile and valuable resource so of course that's where you'll get screwed. They're killing SMS with their high charges so now have to artificially try to inflate its use with useless deals that include less data. Just like they're trying to protect their voice cash cow with R5/hour calls that people only use to pester you with.

If these service providers really cared about providing a good service they would focus on where the demand is and upgrade their networks to support it.