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The Text Message Turns 20 Computerworld: How the SMS got its start in a Danish pizzeria. Forrester: More than 2 trillion SMS messages were sent in the US in 2011, or 6 billion SMS messages per day. Pew Internet: The average US teen sends 60 text messages a day. Falkvinge: How it costs more to send an SMS to someone next door than the equivalent data information from Mars to Earth. Ryan Kearney: Why it would cost $35 million to send a 4.6 gig HD video through AT&T via SMS (while roaming).

The Text Message Turns 20

Computerworld: How the SMS got its start in a Danish pizzeria.

Forrester: More than 2 trillion SMS messages were sent in the US in 2011, or 6 billion SMS messages per day.

Pew Internet: The average US teen sends 60 text messages a day.

Falkvinge: How it costs more to send an SMS to someone next door than the equivalent data information from Mars to Earth.

Ryan Kearney: Why it would cost $35 million to send a 4.6 gig HD video through AT&T via SMS (while roaming).

If you’re an 18-29 year old black or hispanic woman with some high school education, and living in a household that makes under $30 thousand a year, you’re most likely a texting machine. (Select image to embiggen.) The Pew Internet and American Life Project study on Americans and Text Messages finds young adults in general have mighty thumbs: 18-24 year olds send or receive an average of 109.5 text messages per day—that works out to more than 3,200 messages per month. The median 18-24 year old texter sends or receives 50 texts per day (or around 1,500 messages per month). One quarter of 18-24 year old text messaging users (23%) report sending or receiving more than 100 texts per day. Just over one in ten (12%) say that they send or receive more than 200 messages on an average day—that equals 6,000 or more messages per month. Image: Pew Internet and American Life Study via Flowing Data.

If you’re an 18-29 year old black or hispanic woman with some high school education, and living in a household that makes under $30 thousand a year, you’re most likely a texting machine. (Select image to embiggen.)

The Pew Internet and American Life Project study on Americans and Text Messages finds young adults in general have mighty thumbs:

  • 18-24 year olds send or receive an average of 109.5 text messages per day—that works out to more than 3,200 messages per month. The median 18-24 year old texter sends or receives 50 texts per day (or around 1,500 messages per month).
  • One quarter of 18-24 year old text messaging users (23%) report sending or receiving more than 100 texts per day.
  • Just over one in ten (12%) say that they send or receive more than 200 messages on an average day—that equals 6,000 or more messages per month.

Image: Pew Internet and American Life Study via Flowing Data.

Under the emergency powers provisions of the Telecoms Act, the Egyptian authorities can instruct the mobile networks of Mobinil, Etisalat and Vodafone to send messages to the people of Egypt. They have used this since the start of the protests. These messages are not scripted by any of the mobile network operators and we do not have the ability to respond to the authorities on their content.

Vodafone Group has protested to the authorities that the current situation regarding these messages is unacceptable. We have made clear that all messages should be transparent and clearly attributable to the originator.
Statement by Vodaphone confirming that Egypt forced the company to send pro-Government SMS messages.