Guy sends 182K texts in a month, gets 1400 page phone-bill
An Indian man whose phone company has an unlimited text-messaging plan sent a record-setting 182,689 texts last month, generating a 1411-page bill."At first I sent 50,000 SMS, after that I reached the figure of 1,13,000 and now I have reached the figure of 1,82,689 in one month. That makes it to 6000 SMS daily. Now I am aiming to send 3 lakh SMS which makes it to daily of 10,000 so that I can register my name in Guinness Book of World Records", said Deepak Sharma...Link (via Kottke)Sharma received a bill of 1411 pages this month, which was sent specially to him by Airtel. He is making the best out of Airtel's scheme of unlimited SMS with 99 paise. (ANI)
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