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a very interesting fact about technology
9.03.2008 | Tech
17 billion text messages were sent worldwide in 2000.
250 billion were sent in 2001.
500 billion were sent in 2004.
1.9 TRILLION in 2007.
(ht: brody, fab chart by yours truly. remember. i love spreadsheets.)
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do you text often?
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9.03.2008
wow.
and..
yes.
9.03.2008
My wife and I probably average a total of 4,000-5,000 text messages sent and received each month. We are texting nuts!
9.03.2008
Yes. And considering that I sent about five in 2004, my rate is pretty proportional to the graph!
9.03.2008
i’d much rather text than talk… yes.
9.03.2008
yes… and i totally match the graph. never texted at all until this year!
9.03.2008
that’s gross.
9.03.2008
I think it has way less to do with technology than it does economics. Until just the last couple of years, even single text message cost you probably 20 cents. Once unlimited texting was available it went like gang busters. It will probably double for 2008. I send several hundred a month myself. Thank twitter and facebook along with the unlimited text message options and you have the makings of a revolution.
Miss you guys!
9.03.2008
Yes I have definitely have contributed those stats. I love to text sometimes it is a lot easier than talking.
9.03.2008
yes more now than ever…of course I am guessing that twitter has helped up that number recently! :)
9.03.2008
I am an AVID texter. I don’t even want to know how many I send and receive each month. I’m sure its WELL over a thousand strong.
…and the iPhone makes it so easy. :-)
9.03.2008
Thank you Twitter!
And it will grow a giant leap again in 2008 because (a) people are still finding out (learning curve) and (b) other services are piling in (imitation curve) - identi.ca, plurk, pownce, etc.. and (c) still other services are riding those early services and expanding and monetising them (some kind of ‘build-upon’ curve that I’m sure has a nifty name) - Facebook, Hello.txt, Ping, etc.
Aren’t statistics grand?
9.03.2008
Not at all. Guess I’m in the minority over here.
9.03.2008
this is crazy!! thanks, i’m going to use this for a meeting tomorrow.
9.03.2008
I have not texted even once. Not ever. Let’s see how long I can hold out.
9.03.2008
Every day. Several, several, several times a day.
Because remember, I’m afraid of the Twitter.
9.03.2008
my main source of communication is text. it’s just easier and i don’t feel like i’m interrupting something.
9.03.2008
Yup, less words = better results!
9.03.2008
very often.
9.03.2008
I have never sent a text message. Maybe if I would give in to it my son and I would talk more!
9.04.2008
I kinda almost used 1340 texts just last month. That is the most I have ever used. Ever. Keep in mind that this number includes both sent and received. And its largely because I am a Canadian in the USA and most of my family and friends are back there…But seriously, 1340??!!?
9.04.2008
yes i do, with certain people. It’s so much faster! Staff uses it often and twitter is also helpful! Having teens taught me this!
9.04.2008
I don’t text a lot. Although this last weekend I was involved in a birthday surprise (thanks for taking care of the card for Kem) so I sent / received SO MANY!!
I’m a little worried. I don’t know what my texting plan includes. Yikes.
9.04.2008
more
than
you
can
imagine!
9.04.2008
I’ll show my age…no texting here…no need for it…and, I’ve even had AT&T shut the feature off…no need for me to pay for ads that seem to come my way…
9.04.2008
WOW! What does this mean for the future, for business, for the internet?
9.04.2008
I text more than I used to now that I use twitter. There are only a couple actual people that I text regularly.
9.04.2008
that is crazy! I text all the time. probably way too much. if it were not for texting my husband and i probably would have never talked or dated. i know, crazy.
9.04.2008
I try to text at least once a year.
9.04.2008
hum…because I have a blackberry, I just always email. but NOW, I think I’ll text more just to contribute to this awesome chart.
9.04.2008
Yes, definitely text. It’s one of the main ways I communicate w/ peeps from all over the US as well as locally. Started twittering not long ago. love it for the same reasons.
9.04.2008
Ummm…my bill tells me I text too much! But how else am I supposed to get a hold of my youth at church??
9.04.2008
i think i might be responsible for about half of those trillion text messages.
9.04.2008
OMG ROFL GSYJDWURMNKH TTYL!
9.04.2008
yes and i love it. it’s helping me say more with less. transfers over to life, business, church, etc too. learning how to better strip down the message.
9.04.2008
yeah. but seriously i don’t know what i did before the whole blackberry to blackberry im thing. my husband and i have a constant conversation. and that boy can talk!
9.04.2008
Heck yes. Texting is awesome. Makes the day much easier.
Maybe not easier, but quick communication is great.
9.05.2008
i have a few friends who text a LOT! whenever i start to text back i fight the urge to just call…=)
9.05.2008
i contributed to those numbers this year!! for some things texting is so much easier that a full-on phone call/conversation.
9.05.2008
I’ve been averaging somewhere around 4000-5000 every month. Some months I’ll have 1000, but that’s very rare. And yes, unlimited text plans have contributed greatly to this. It’s so much easier to just fire off a text than to call a person and break into a 30 minute conversation. Sometimes long conversations are what you’re looking for but, more often than not, a simple answer of 160 characters or less will suffice. Plus, texts are good when you happen to live in the one spot in your city that doesn’t get good service. A text doesn’t drop a call.
9.17.2008
I’m too uncoordinated to text…the answer is no, I don’t text. lol