how much money are the phone companies making on the Haiti relief via text messaging.?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at
2:37 am
Just curious if all of the phone companies are making $$ on the premium fees for the texting for Haiti relief.
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Some are…but I called my phone company and they said they would drop charges from the 12 – 23 of January for long distance (if you live outside the USA).
I’m not sure if this is true…but the 90999 number is on major news channels so I assume its the most trusted.
I would donate to docters without borders. They go out in treacherous conditions and were already there and many of there relief providers died. They really need the support.
If you are a doctor or nurse American Airlines will send you out there for free. You just need to call the airport.
Wireless carriers, including AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint, said they were not charging regular text-messaging fees on top of the donations.
T-Mobile USA Inc., which is also waiving texting fees, said Thursday it is enabling international calls to Haiti free of charge through Jan. 31 and will retroactively credit accounts for such calls made since Tuesday. And T-Mobile users in Haiti will be able to make roaming calls on local networks Voila and Digicel thorough the end of the month, the company said.
Yay TMOBILE!!