Charging too much for text messages?

Did you ever feel that you were being charged too much for the tiny amount of data you send in a text message? $10 a month? Again - this could be in SNL's "Really!" segment. It takes next to nothing to send a text message. It is one of the smallest packets of information used today. Phone calls actually require some work to send. Text messages are a cakewalk - in fact, they're so small they get tucked inside of another packet that your phone has to send to communicate with the tower in the first place just to say, "I'm here, if anyone wants to call me."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=1&em=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1230668512-q+r/s+Y+gEm5tIkDYeKt+A

A rip-off? I certainly think so, especially after discussing this in my digital communications class last semester. Texting should be nearly free (if not simply included free with any voice plan, or purchased minutes - no increase in the standard plan price should accompany such a change). Anyway - you be the judge. Things are going to get a little interesting here if a price-fixing hearing is begun.