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SMS for grown ups Text messaging is really a form of email, designed to be compatible with even the smallest mobile phones. It is based on a protocol called SMS (Short Message Service) that’s almost as old as the silicon chip itself, that’s designed to relay short messages between remote mainframe terminals. A single text message usually has a set length of around 160 characters, which works out around a couple of average length sentences. Slimming down those mobile phone bills Have you ever opened up your monthly mobile phone bill only to have your jaw drop to the floor a second later? You thought that your monthly payment was only £15, so why is this month’s bill so much more than that? Early mobile networks If you want to make a few calls when you’re on the move nowadays, you can get yourself a package that will give you a free phone, with unlimited calls and texts, as part of an affordable monthly payment plan. Back then, you had to be pretty well heeled in order to be able to afford to make just one call on a mobile phone! The bewildering world of mobile phone packages If you’re considering getting a mobile, you now have a range of payment options and tariffs to consider. Some customers prefer pay-as-you-go (PAYG) tariffs, others find that they like the features offered by a year-long mobile contract. So how do you know which tariff is the right one for you? Below we weigh-up the possible tariffs, helping you to suss out which tariff best suits your needs. The world of pre-mobile telecommunications In these days of near-universal mobile telecoms, you could be forgiven for taking telephone communications for granted, and with mobile service providers offering their subscribers hundreds of minutes of free calls every month with their monthly payment plans, talk has never been so cheap. No one knows who really invented the telephone, as several different inventors have claimed it as their own, but it was the patents set down by Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell that were to prove ... Finding you the best mobile deal Modern mobile phone users now have a bigger selection of mobile tariffs to choose from than there has ever been. Some customers prefer pay-as-you-go (PAYG) tariffs, others feel that a pay-monthly contract suits them best. So how do you choose the best tariff for you? On this page we weigh-up your payment possibilities, and help you to suss out which tariff best suits your needs.