Paul Brislen, of Vodafone NZ :
"As a nation, we had a particular affection for texting, he said. New
Zealanders send at least 600 million a month, statistics showed."

With their outrageous prices for mobile internet New Zealanders have
to have a particular affection for texting.

If I am not mistaken, the guy said in another article that $250 /
month (2 year plan) for IPhone is normal. And this is not even
unlimited internet, just sort of a couple of GBytes per month.



On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Jinx <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10544598
>
> Sociologist Roslyn Kerr, who lectures at the University of Canterbury, said
> texting was particularly popular, and prominent because of its "low social
> weight. We like it when things don't interrupt our everyday conversations."
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