Now that we’ve got that off our collective chests, I think we’d all agree that any app that takes the fight to the carriers and helps keep those Groats in our pockets is a certified winner.
I was a little slow at fixing my text message costs until my friends kept telling me to send them a Whatsapp message. At first I thought it was some kiddies’ chat program or a closed system like the Blackberry messenger service. Then I saw the light and stopped worrying about every message I sent and quickly realised that it was also capable of doing so much more than SMS, which let’s face it, is limited in the extreme. Of course, sending an instant message over WiFi or data/3G, using these apps is completely free of charge and not prone to carrier charges, except maybe over 3G, if you’ve already reached your data limit.
Other similar apps are Viber, Line, Facebook Messenger,Fring and Telegram to name but a handful. For many, the real kick is to use these apps over WiFi, especially if it’s totally free and nowadays that’s not difficult to find. It’s an absolute pleasure to send an instant picture to someone thousands of miles away, knowing they’ve received it and that it didn’t cost you half a Groat to send in the first place.
Except, that is, you will still have to remember to keep checking your bill online to make sure they haven’t dipped their fingers into your account and applied charges for items you neither asked for or wanted in the first place and then brace yourself for contacting some faceless I couldn’t give a damn operative who will try their level best to stick to the script, whilst simultaneously placing as many obstacles before you as they can.
But heck, nobody ever said it was easy did they?
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