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Why SMS is costlier than 1 minute voice call?

Do educate me by clarifying the following doubt of mine.

In general 132 character SMS costs about Rs.1. A one minute telephone talk costs about 30 paisa or less. Why SMS is costly? To send 132 characters. we need 132*8=1056 bits only. While one minute voice=60*64000bits=384000 bits. I have this dilemma since many years. Are the service providers cheating public. Is TRAI is not worried about this?. Do share your views.

Update:

I mean SMS is almost 363 times costlier than a 1 minute voice call while it is using less bandwidth.

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  • 7 years ago
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    I think, managing the sms and prevent malicious actions that maybe cost the sms.

  • 6 years ago

    Sms costs Re 1, not Rs 1. For a sharper brain, eat more tamatar.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    You've been programming with C for a long time now, and your code is still disgusting and filled with a number of errors. I've seen the answers you post. Get a book like K&R2 and actually learn the language before flooding this website with crap. Learn English to a level that you can actually communicate effectively, too. When you've managed to complete the exercises in K&R2, read the C standard. Only then should you think about posting on here.

  • 7 years ago

    Because this is India!!!

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