Wednesday, September 17, 2003
After a long in-depth analysis of the pricing of messages and the history of vgsmail over the last 6 months, I am now announcing a more permanent fix to the pricing structure to account for the previously mentioned changes in charges by down-stream providers. The change will take affect from some point after Friday 19th September, although the exact date depends on when I have finished testing the new code. Before getting upset with me, please note the following:
I have tried very very hard to keep the costs down and I make NO profit from running this service. Indeed, I am currently running at an unsustainable loss, and even after the following changes I will probably still make a very small, but manageable, loss.
Costs to destinations such as UK T-Mobile and UK Vodafone have gone up by 50% in the last few months. Of our traffic, almost 30% is destined for one of those two networks;
Costs to countries such as Austria and Germany have rocketed by a good 250%.
You should also notice that the cost per message to many many destinations has actually decreased.
As always, the greater our throughput, the easier it is for us to get bulk message deals and any subsequent savings will be passed on directly to our users. So tell your friends...
So here are the new charges effective this weekend. Please note that charge will be based on the number of the destination mobile, and so if the mobile has been ported between networks you may be charged incorrectly: if you get in contact with me about specific destinations I can set up the appropriate routing.
UK T-Mobile: 3.8p/message
UK Vodafone: 3.8p/message
Austria: 6p/message
Germany: 6p/message
All other destinations: 3.4p/message
I have tried very very hard to keep the costs down and I make NO profit from running this service. Indeed, I am currently running at an unsustainable loss, and even after the following changes I will probably still make a very small, but manageable, loss.
Costs to destinations such as UK T-Mobile and UK Vodafone have gone up by 50% in the last few months. Of our traffic, almost 30% is destined for one of those two networks;
Costs to countries such as Austria and Germany have rocketed by a good 250%.
You should also notice that the cost per message to many many destinations has actually decreased.
As always, the greater our throughput, the easier it is for us to get bulk message deals and any subsequent savings will be passed on directly to our users. So tell your friends...
So here are the new charges effective this weekend. Please note that charge will be based on the number of the destination mobile, and so if the mobile has been ported between networks you may be charged incorrectly: if you get in contact with me about specific destinations I can set up the appropriate routing.
UK T-Mobile: 3.8p/message
UK Vodafone: 3.8p/message
Austria: 6p/message
Germany: 6p/message
All other destinations: 3.4p/message
