T-mobile and GTalk messages

[Dimath]

Is T-Mobile going to charge for a gtalk message as a message, not as a data used? (Like it does for AOL short messages sending by internal messenger in some phones). If so - that's really sucks. One should charge for traffic used (unless it's unlimited), not for a services as message/e-mail/etc...

[Dimath]

I just realized that they DO charge for the message as an a message. Could somebody explain to my, WHY do they charge different for the different data transmitting services? Is there any other restrictions (and this is definitely a restriction) on the internet access? Can I use some kind of application which would connect to the gtalk jabber server directly through tcp/ip and be an "using internet application", not a messaging application? The same question about e-mails, btw. That's #$%@&# ridiculous.

[Dimath]

Why don't they charge for any visited web-page separately, uh? Where is the difference, in both cases it's just send and received bytes. In case of the web page it is much more bytes, btw, so, I don't understand.

[divestoclimb]

I'm pretty sure they don't do this with any of their BlackBerry smartphones (how could they? GTalk is a 3rd party product on that platform) so I think they'd have an all-out customer riot (if not class-action lawsuit) if they tried to pull something like that here.

[rizzay]

a little off topic but will the aim client be text based or program based(sidekick), if its text based every IM is going to count as a text. i would have to change my service to unlimited text instead of 400.

[prettyboy85712]

I spoke with CS this morning regarding this very subject. Any type of messaging whether it be GTalk, IM or SMS counts as a text message.

[Driguez]

I spoke with CS this morning regarding this very subject. Any type of messaging whether it be GTalk, IM or SMS counts as a text message.

Wow, seems sneaky to me. So most people will have to be on the $35 plan, time for me to switch.

[rizzay]

I spoke with CS this morning regarding this very subject. Any type of messaging whether it be GTalk, IM or SMS counts as a text message.

wow thanks for this a lot of people are going to be surprised by their 1st phone bill when their text messages are over 1000

[DesignDawg]

Hmmm. I'd really like to see an official confirmation of this. Anyway, couldn't someone just write an app that is separate and there'd be no way for them to charge them as texts?

[New World]

wow thanks for this a lot of people are going to be surprised by their 1st phone bill when their text messages are over 1000

I'd take what ANY CSR says right now with a grain of salt