Price:
- $5 for 150 text messages for 30 days of service
- $10 for 500 text messages for 30 days of service
- $15 for 1,000 text messages for 30 days of service
- $25 for 2,200 text messages for 30 days of service
Terms & Conditions:
- SMS add-ons don’t extend your service. You must have days of service on your plan. PlatinumTel says it’s best to add an SMS PIN (i.e. a package above) at the same time you replenish your account with airtime.
- You are billed for all messages incoming or outgoing.
- PlatinumTel says: “All SMS and messaging add-ons are good for 30 days. Any unused messages will expire after the 30th day.
“If you use up all of your messages before the 30 days, you will be billed at the standard rate for SMS unless you load another SMS PIN.”
Text Messaging Without These Options:
Without the options above, texting costs:
- Hybrid plan: 5 cents per text message (incoming or outgoing) or purchase a $10 text messaging PIN with 500 text messages for 30 days
- Dot10 plan: 1 anytime minute charged per text message (incoming or outgoing) or purchase a $10 text messaging PIN with 500 text messages for 30 days
Published On:
Oct. 6, 2009
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