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The CBC published an article yesterday about a mother in British Columbia, who’s Rogers account was charged 0.15$ per incoming text message. Although her contract states that all text messages are free, Rogers, implemented the charge on incoming text messages in July of this year.

According to the article “Her 16-year-old daughter sent and received close to 6,000 texts in one month — that’s 200 per day — to and from those numbers.” Let me do some quick math on that… 200 times 0.15… carry the 1…   $30.00 ?!?!?!

That’s just for one of her 3 kids, and not including her own incoming texts. As much as Canadian wireless companies are spending on advertising and making off their clients. You would think that they would inform their customers about upcoming changes to plans. A little fair warning would give people time to adjust their texting habits. While the additional charges are still ridiculous, being up front about them would show some respect for their clients, and go a long way in my eyes for being a company that operates ethically.

You can read the full CBC article here

I came across an interesting blog article here. Although it states that current phones aren’t capable of those speeds and that the only way to connect to those networks is through a laptop’s wireless, it’s only a matter of time before the technology is adopted and widespread. While it’s easier to implement something like this in smaller countries like Norway and Sweden, it will eventually find it’s way to North America. Imagine being able to work from anywhere on your laptop, without having to worry about trying to find an open wireless network. The potential for business productivity is astounding.