Well, school’s out for DLSU. Everyone gets a 10-day vacation while the administration cleanses the place of any H1N1 virus traces.
So yeah, with all that time, I went there just to snap pictures of the place. Empty as a school at midnight, I say.
Pictures to be uploaded later. iPod touches don’t have cameras.
I read this from Digg: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120302106.html , an article about how text messaging continues as a major source of income for telecommunications providers.
Anyway, screw that. This is the highlight of that post (for me at least.)
Americans now send double the number of messages that Europeans average each month. Filipinos lead the industry with an average of 755 messages per subscriber each month and Chinese subscribers are hovering just over 100 messages a month.
QFFT.
Ever since I was in grade school, cellphone text messaging was already a fad and even up to now, just made better. Back in the day, sending an SMS would just cost P1.00 ($0.02). Up to now, this rate has left unchanged for all providers nationwide. Still 2 pennies worth. EDIT: By the way, we don’t get charged for receiving text messages AND calls. Quite handy for emergencies, really.
Midway through, tonloads of services were introduced, such as unlimited texting, (I forgot the rates now, although my provider, Globe, offered P15.00 ($0.30) for a whole day’s worth of texting. Cheaper rates for in-provider (local) text messages (e.g. Globe-Globe, Smart-Smart, et cetera), and even providers that offer cheaper solutions for the masses. You could say that texting in here is similar to instant messaging, only much more widespread in both usage and numbers (nearly everyone has a cellphone, even kids.)
Funny how I never get spam mail even with this rate of messages at a time.
Oh, and I think we’re partly responsible for having Nokia prosperous back in the day (all hail widespread 3210s, 6210s and even 5110s ages ago!)
P.S. Lastly, 3G here costs P20 ($0.40) per hour. Being in Metro Manila (Capital City) can give you an HSDPA connection that would allow you to view streaming content at a fair speed. (no buffering)
