Posted by Shane Becker on
Inspired by Neven Mrgan’s post about how iOS’s iMessages has affected his text message use, I looked into mine.
The AT&T site does not make it easy to go find historical data of message use. They do provide a chart of data use, but not SMS/MMS use. What I had to do was go through each month’s bill and find the values, put them in a text file, then create a chart. I used Keynote to bang out a quick and dirty chart. I’ve included the raw data in a table below.
My Text Message Usage Chart (on AT&T) from 08/10 - 12/11
| Month | Texts count |
|---|---|
| 08/10 | 469 |
| 09/10 | 941 |
| 10/10 | 723 |
| 11/10 | 464 |
| 12/10 | 743 |
| 01/11 | 820 |
| 02/11 | 1032 |
| 03/11 | 2128 |
| 04/11 | 1042 |
| 05/11 | 1490 |
| 06/11 | 1758 |
| 07/11 | 1518 |
| 08/11 | 952 |
| 09/11 | 929 |
| 10/11 | 689 |
| 11/11 | 612 |
| 12/11 | 307 |
| 12/12 | 612 |
| 01/12 | 307 |
| 02/12 | 511 |
| 03/12 | 232 |
| 04/12 | 171 |
| 05/12 | 284 |
| 06/12 | 150 |
Comma Separated Values
month,texts
08/10, 469
09/10, 941
10/10, 723
11/10, 464
12/10, 743
01/11, 820
02/11, 1032
03/11, 2128
04/11, 1042
05/11, 1490
06/11, 1758
07/11, 1518
08/11, 952
09/11, 929
10/11, 689
11/11, 612
12/11, 307
12/12, 612
01/12, 307
02/12, 511
03/12, 232
04/12, 171
05/12, 284
06/12, 150
So. When a few more of my friends A) get an iPhone 2) upgrade to iOS 5 and 3) turn on iMessages, I’ll be able to turn off my text messaging package. Get to it, friends.
Update: 2012-06-19: added more usage data to illustrate further decline. 2012-06-19: removed my messaging package from my cell service bill. Now I pay $0.30 / message.