On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:10:58 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Well, and the "lingo" evolved because the billing used to be "by the
>> character", IIRC.
> 
> Not really. It's because SMS messages are limited to 160 characters.

Well, yeah, but each message used to be (and in some places/on some 
plans, still is) billed by the message.  That's what I was thinking.  So 
conserving space was/is an important consideration in that venue.

> Plus, of course, the fact that the less you have to type the better...
> At least if you don't have predictive text (T9 and friends).

Yep.

Jim

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