http://smstextnews.disqus.com/Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanaticsenMon, 26 May 2008 08:12:50 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/philippines_government_to_operators_make_texting_free.html#comment-530046Charging for text messages was really set up as a control device or limiter for people. When text was free waaaay back when, late 90's I guess, the networked was swamped with text messages. One message took almost a whole day to be sent and I vaguely remember they were having difficulties with calls because of it also. So making it free would be a really really bad idea for a country where virtually everyone has a cellphone. Besides unlimited texts just makes people spend their day on the damn things.Mr. Yos MannMon, 26 May 2008 08:12:50 -0000