Aditya Thackeray demands no SMS limit

Terming the ceiling as "arbitrary" and against the right of freedom of expression guaranteed under the Constitution, Aditya said that as President of Yuvasena, the youth wing of Shivsena, he has to send SMSes to keep in touch with his followers and public, and sought personal exemption from restriction on the number of SMSes per SIM





Final hearing on Thackeray Jr's plea on SMS ceiling on Feb 27 - Indian Express

he has to send SMSes to keep in touch with his followers and public, and sought personal exemption from restriction on the number of SMSes per SIM
i thought this idiot was talking abt public in general.

Let's watch the decision and we all can file plea according to it 😀

i thought this idiot was talking abt public in general.

Lol even I thought it was a good initiative. But it turns out that it was a selfish motive. No one should be exempt from the 200 SMS restriction rule.

And this idiot is looking to invest in tech firms when he clearly doesn't know anything about them... All he needs to do is file for the appropriate permits and he can send all the SMSes he wants.

And this idiot is looking to invest in tech firms when he clearly doesn't know anything about them... All he needs to do is file for the appropriate permits and he can send all the SMSes he wants.
Ah c'mon . .he's a politician . .a dirty dirty politician . .

file a case . .win a case (legally or illegally) and show off his "might/hold" over the govt.

Ah c'mon . .he's a politician . .a dirty dirty politician . .

file a case . .win a case (legally or illegally) and show off his "might/hold" over the govt.

...so, none.

lol even i thought it was a good initiative. But it turns out that it was a selfish motive. everyone should be exempt from the 200 sms restriction rule.

ftfy

ftfy

Or not.

The limit *has* curbed the spam problem rather significantly (yey) and 200 a day is perfectly reasonable for any sane person.

If one needs to send more messages than that (for campaigning and so forth), they can bloody well register like the rest of us businesses have to - should not matter which family they come from.

Yes I realize this is India. Yes I realize who the Thackerays are (disclosure: probably more well than I'd normally like), but the law is the law, and in any other country they'd have to abide by it whether they liked it or not.

With the 100/day limit, I used to run out occassionallyWith 200/day, some of my friends do run out once every 2-3 days. Bypassed by the use of dual SIM phones thoughThe main thing is that this is not a technical limit, rather its an artifically imposed limit.Like say, if there is a regulation that noone can download more than 1GB/day on a broadband connection to combat piracy (just a random example)

With the 100/day limit, I used to run out occassionally

With 200/day, some of my friends do run out once every 2-3 days. Bypassed by the use of dual SIM phones though

The main thing is that this is not a technical limit, rather its an artifically imposed limit.

Like say, if there is a regulation that noone can download more than 1GB/day on a broadband connection to combat piracy (just a random example)

If I'm not mistaken, for postpaid subscribers, the limit is simply 6000 per month and not strictly limited to 200 per day, right?

That being as it is, there are effectively 2 ways someone can get around the 200/day limit:
1. Be on postpaid.
2. Get the requisite license to send bulk SMSes... or option 2b is to hire a firm that has such a license.

Aditya Thackeray is more than capable of doing either of these things, and so there's no reason he shouldn't be informed as such by the court.

Postpaid subscribers have more liability attached to them than prepaid subscribers because they have regular contact with the phone company in the form of a billing address where bills are sent every month and usually paid - and if someone complains about spam SMSes coming from a number that turns out to be postpaid, it is theoretically much easier for the phone company to take some form of action.

Whereas, with prepaid subscribers it's pretty much the once-only verification (and even this gets abused by unscrupulous dealers) and with this introduction the number of SMS spam reaching my inbox these days is next to nil.

The comparison to the Internet access (in India, at least) is therefore not entirely accurate because you're comparing a medium with only 1 restriction to a medium with 2 - think: For an accurate comparison, you'd have your 6000 SMSes a month but they would only send 1 message every 8 minutes.

With 200/day, some of my friends do run out once every 2-3 days. Bypassed by the use of dual SIM phones though
but this does mean two times the cost right?

I mean message offer for both the sims :\

but this does mean two times the cost right?

I mean message offer for both the sims :\

Yeah, but I pay Rs 6/month for all SMS @ 1p/msg

And there are cheaper plans available as well

So, its still significantly cheaper than calling (and you can carry on 3-4 conversations at a time)

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If I'm not mistaken, for postpaid subscribers, the limit is simply 6000 per month and not strictly limited to 200 per day, right?
Correct
That being as it is, there are effectively 2 ways someone can get around the 200/day limit:
1. Be on postpaid.
2. Get the requisite license to send bulk SMSes... or option 2b is to hire a firm that has such a license.
Both cases raise the cost a lot
Plus students cannot really get a postpaid connection in hostels with the amount of paperwork involved
Aditya Thackeray is more than capable of doing either of these things, and so there's no reason he shouldn't be informed as such by the court.

Postpaid subscribers have more liability attached to them than prepaid subscribers because they have regular contact with the phone company in the form of a billing address where bills are sent every month and usually paid - and if someone complains about spam SMSes coming from a number that turns out to be postpaid, it is theoretically much easier for the phone company to take some form of action.

Whereas, with prepaid subscribers it's pretty much the once-only verification (and even this gets abused by unscrupulous dealers) and with this introduction the number of SMS spam reaching my inbox these days is next to nil.

The comparison to the Internet access (in India, at least) is therefore not entirely accurate because you're comparing a medium with only 1 restriction to a medium with 2 - think: For an accurate comparison, you'd have your 6000 SMSes a month but they would only send 1 message every 8 minutes.
Was comparing to prepaid. Didnt get the point about 2 restrictions though (were you referring to broadband bandwidth by any chance?)