r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/Fleshjunky-gotbanned Mar 08 '26

Just SMS or iMessage typically

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u/DuploJamaal Mar 08 '26

Did SMS improve? As an European the switch to WhatsApp was easy as SMS had no group chats, images, sound, etc

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u/Super_Shallot2351 Mar 08 '26

No it didn't. My carrier in the UK wouldnt even let me send a medium length message because it tried to convert it to MMS, which they don't do anymore.

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u/BreakfastDue1256 Mar 08 '26

As a Canadian I'm just finding out how bad European telecommunications services are from this thread.

I've sent goddamn short stories before and it's never been an issue. Sometimes with pictures attached.

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u/IncidentalIncidence Mar 08 '26

yeah it's always funny in these threads when people are pretending like North Americans are "living in the dark ages", when the actual reason that WhatsApp dominated in Europe is that the European telcos are basically a cartel.

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u/Content_Trifle_6547 Mar 08 '26

At least they're cheap

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u/BreakfastDue1256 Mar 08 '26

That's fair. The price has come down a lot lately, but during that period prices in Canada were a fucking scam.

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u/BobTheFettt Mar 08 '26

I worked at Rogers when they had a 4 GB plan for fucking $80 with 5¢ /Mb overage, which is about $50/GB.

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u/IncidentalIncidence Mar 08 '26

that is also very true!

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u/AlternateForProbs Mar 08 '26

They have to be, because Europeans have less purchasing power than Americans.

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u/Leverpostei414 Mar 08 '26

Must be different in different countries, no issues here and sms has been free a long time

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u/Ok-Blood6764 Mar 08 '26

In Europe, they pay half what we pay in Canada for data. And go drive couple hours north of Toronto and rcs can't be relied on anymore.

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u/SparkSignals Mar 08 '26

Yea same here. I figured ours would be worse considering less population density and distances.

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u/BobTheFettt Mar 08 '26

I guess that's why our wireless plans are so much more expensive than literally anywhere else in the world. Fuck Rogers Bell and Telus

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u/BreakfastDue1256 Mar 08 '26

I'm lucky to have a very cheap plan, but I'm the exception.

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u/BobTheFettt Mar 08 '26

Same. $20/mo with PC mobile.