^^ Agreed.
For general communication it is more than enough.
I generally prefer talking over texting, though use SMS as and when required.
But I know of many friends who send those good morning/afternoon/evening/night messages 4 times a day!
Those are surely going to make a hue and cry over this.
Bu what flabbergasted me is how the TRAI came up with that average of 2 SMS per day. Everywhere I look, I see people texting.
For general communication it is more than enough.
I generally prefer talking over texting, though use SMS as and when required.
But I know of many friends who send those good morning/afternoon/evening/night messages 4 times a day!
Those are surely going to make a hue and cry over this.
Bu what flabbergasted me is how the TRAI came up with that average of 2 SMS per day. Everywhere I look, I see people texting.
Again sad news. I'm sure TRAI didn't covered youths on their Survey. In general a youth (school and college guys) send around 200 SMS / day.
even though what you are saying is correct(that many young guys send so many sms) but if a person is sending that many SMS he/she is actually addicted.This will be good solution for addiction if it is actually implemented
From what i have read in newspaper this limit is not for normal users(ie only for unregistered telemarketers) .Also there is no actual "limit". after 100 sms person will have to pay money for sending sms.
I think total mobile usage is India is about 70-80 % of total population(about 800 million).as we interact more with young people we might think that everybody is sending so many messages.but i guess most of the users dont really use test message that much like People who are working(mostly),senior citizens,our parents etc..
^legit, this is also an unsafe move, what if disaster strikes after the limit
whaat? nope. what about over messenger.... say whatsapp, or kik, then these limits are easily reached... why is it addiction with sms?
The "actual" limit is at 200 SMS. After that you can't send anymore when you reach that limit.
Perhaps you are right to an extent. But still TRAI should have taken the entire demographic into consideration for the "survey".
Perhaps what TRAI can do is to remove the 200 SMS maximum limit. Let them keep this pay after 100 SMS thing if they really think it will thwart the unregistered telemarketers.
Not sure about even 200 sms limit.Earlier it was implemented but now this restriction is over.If 200 message limit was available then TRAI would not have
SMS is needed, better to implement law to punish the guilty.
Its like dont go out accident will happen rather than punishing the traffic law violators !!
When present telecom infrastructure can provide unlimited SMS, then why stopping by not punishing the guilty and making the needed suffer ??
Its like dont go out accident will happen rather than punishing the traffic law violators !!
When present telecom infrastructure can provide unlimited SMS, then why stopping by not punishing the guilty and making the needed suffer ??
freshseasons
King of my own Castle
I couldn't be more happy with the new! I wish it comes down to 70 SMS per day.I had prefer losing option of sending more than 70 SMS a day rather than getting pesky SMS from telemarketers.
And about those emergency situations i feel calling directly makes for immediate action rather than SMS. Even when you are driving doesn't your hand reach for that mobile when the SMS tone beeps only to have astrology products thrown at you. What do we do then....we fall into the habbit of ignoring the SMS.See when it comes to 50 SMS each sms would be treated with thought and that will help in emergency.
And about those emergency situations i feel calling directly makes for immediate action rather than SMS. Even when you are driving doesn't your hand reach for that mobile when the SMS tone beeps only to have astrology products thrown at you. What do we do then....we fall into the habbit of ignoring the SMS.See when it comes to 50 SMS each sms would be treated with thought and that will help in emergency.
Flash
Lost in speed
Well said, freshseasons.
I don't agree that this is addiction. There are many practical problems in that age, and that is the reason they use SMS as their medium of chatting.
Like on first stage, a school or college students doesn't get enough pocket money (except those rich guys) to recharge their phone for calling and use bonus call rate cutter.
Then, in those stage of life, almost no family accepts their children getting into a relationship (specially for girls) in India, so they choose SMS as their medium for chatting instead of calling
Well, these points matters, specially in India.
Again there are points like age, like in their age, they chat with friends more than us (incoming people). We only contact our friends in say on weekends and on some special time, but it's never like a school and college guys.
Hope these points are correct.
Not everyone has smart phone. Not everyone has computer.
In INDIA, there are many peoples who managed to get a basic Nokia phone after begging enough to their parents.
Flash
Lost in speed
To my knowledge, its the working-citizens who get targeted MOSTLY by the telemarketers with their "BUY THIS" ads. Because, they're the ones who can actually buy the product. When compared to the ratio of College/school guys, the probability of targeting/buying is very very low.
We just have to think nuisance at a broader level, Please don't limit yourself to a certain group.
Moreover, its easy to acquire a group of numbers if the SIM-card representative sells CUG-based SIMs to a corporate. In general, the corporate SIMs mobile numbers will be consecutive. It will start like 98765 11111, 11112, 11113 and ends like 98765 20000. So, the telemarketers will safely target their ADS to this working community rather than the consecutive numbers (usual people) scattered across the states.
We just have to think nuisance at a broader level, Please don't limit yourself to a certain group.
Moreover, its easy to acquire a group of numbers if the SIM-card representative sells CUG-based SIMs to a corporate. In general, the corporate SIMs mobile numbers will be consecutive. It will start like 98765 11111, 11112, 11113 and ends like 98765 20000. So, the telemarketers will safely target their ADS to this working community rather than the consecutive numbers (usual people) scattered across the states.
I honestly think these kids are more comfortable chatting than calling, donno what reason, maybe lecture is going on or they dont want others to overhear, whatever, its awesome that they are comfortable with this medium from the start itself, dont see anything wrong in it at all
point is its just another medium as posted two posts above, just like air and voice, we have a different kind of air and text
im imagining a kidnapping, earthquakes, bomb blasts, but these are thankfully rare, but even regular occurrences such as a floods, you might want to send messages to a few people in the phonebook saying you are perfectly safe
sms is a way of communicating with a large number of people, and this has it's advantages, telemarketers are not the only ones doing this, sure there are many phone chains out there for whatever reasons, these _random_ rules don't help... one common scenario that everyone will eventually run into is being part of a coll fast. boom 200 messages a day easy. telemarketers should be allowed or disallowed, or the dnd list should work, as against restricting general, legit usage with arbitrary restrictions, why 200? why not 2? or 2000? the number makes no sense, because there is no uniform usage scenario... for an entire year you might not send a single sms at all but that one day you might need to send out 201
point is its just another medium as posted two posts above, just like air and voice, we have a different kind of air and text
im imagining a kidnapping, earthquakes, bomb blasts, but these are thankfully rare, but even regular occurrences such as a floods, you might want to send messages to a few people in the phonebook saying you are perfectly safe
sms is a way of communicating with a large number of people, and this has it's advantages, telemarketers are not the only ones doing this, sure there are many phone chains out there for whatever reasons, these _random_ rules don't help... one common scenario that everyone will eventually run into is being part of a coll fast. boom 200 messages a day easy. telemarketers should be allowed or disallowed, or the dnd list should work, as against restricting general, legit usage with arbitrary restrictions, why 200? why not 2? or 2000? the number makes no sense, because there is no uniform usage scenario... for an entire year you might not send a single sms at all but that one day you might need to send out 201
^^I agree.
bubusam13
Human
I just wanna ask
If I send my girlfriend I lov u or M sorry SMS 3 times, will I gonna filter my SMSes ? And what blocking similar characters ? They are now going to sensor SMS. People we are loosing our freedom at slow pace.
I agree with Anorion. Sometime I send a lot, many time not even 2.
If I send my girlfriend I lov u or M sorry SMS 3 times, will I gonna filter my SMSes ? And what blocking similar characters ? They are now going to sensor SMS. People we are loosing our freedom at slow pace.
I agree with Anorion. Sometime I send a lot, many time not even 2.