What is the technical justification for limiting RCS to accounts with unlimited texting?

boyonabike
boyonabike Posts: 5 ✭✭
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I'd like an answer in terms of network engineering, specifically citing the RCS protocol.

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  • Goldfinch
    Goldfinch Posts: 1,985 ✭✭

    Agreed, it seems to be a financial / business decision rather than a technical requirement.

  • MobileFizzer_VBMV6
    MobileFizzer_VBMV6 Posts: 962 ✭✭

    Understandable, given that Google has just unilaterally decided to deprive mobile carriers of their texting revenue stream by redesigning texting to go over regular data.

    Keep in mind that no other domestic carrier in Canada even offers smartphone plans where you are not forced to pay for unlimited texts first before you get even get access to data. Gee, I wonder why…

    So, please keep in mind that Fizz is still "the good one" that allows you to choose whether you really need unlimited texts or not. If we keep complaining like this, they may eventually decide that all this trouble and negative publicity isn't worth it and make unlimited talk and text mandatory on all smartphone plans, just like everybody else does (and funny that nobody complains about that there).

    Also, there are so many different apps and options for unlimited texting over data out there, nobody is forcing you to use RCS specifically.

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