I seem to recall that TXT messages used to cost 5 cents to send, and 0 cents to receive. Then the rates climbed to 10 cents/0 cents, then 10 cents/10 cents. Is 20 cents now the norm? I get a bulk plan of unlimited, but I do pay $10 a month for it.

In an article on arstechnica.com, Sentator Herb Kohl is asking “Why?”

Read the article at http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080910-senator-to-cellular-carriers-ur-txts-r-2-xpensiv.html