Comments on: Cellphone Ripoffs http://hobbesdutt.com/blog/this-is-us/cellphone-ripoffs/ Vignettes From A Quotidian Life Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ashvini Kumar S K http://hobbesdutt.com/blog/this-is-us/cellphone-ripoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Ashvini Kumar S K Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:38:19 +0000 http://hobbesdutt.com/blog/?p=178#comment-98 There is another bigger rip off at least here in India by Cellphone companies & others.<br /><br />That is SMS's - not the regular SMS's, but SMS's that are sent as part of live TV shows, radio shows, contests, love matches, etc... <br />Millions of listeners/viewers respond to these by sending SMS's and each SMS is charged between Rs.3 to Rs.5 depending upon cellphone carrier and program involved! India being one of biggest cell phone markets in world... money involved here is a huge ripoff.. There is another bigger rip off at least here in India by Cellphone companies & others.

That is SMS's – not the regular SMS's, but SMS's that are sent as part of live TV shows, radio shows, contests, love matches, etc…
Millions of listeners/viewers respond to these by sending SMS's and each SMS is charged between Rs.3 to Rs.5 depending upon cellphone carrier and program involved! India being one of biggest cell phone markets in world… money involved here is a huge ripoff..

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