[Protophore]

I have to agree that current rates are absurd considering the file size and actual cost incurred by the carriers. It would be nice if the government can slap a collusion case on them and make them send a refund to all of their customers and lower the texting rate.

It's interesting that typically as new technologies become more popular and are adopted by more and more people the costs tend to decrease. In this case however the prices have gone up. Seems counter intuitive.

[Goronmon]

I think it's just a case of offering a service that costs so little to use. Even the inflated price is an insignificant cost for most people on a per message basis.