SMS status in My Account

[Yummy]

What is the point of PM counting my SMS when they are unlimited? And, BTW, I did NOT do any 'international texting'.

[Grand_Total]

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@Yummy wrote:

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Why would anybody count something what is 'unlimited'? Unless somebody is curious for whatever reason of how many SMS people send/receive.

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It's much less sinister than that, it's probably because PM used to have plans which allowed a limited number of SMS messages to be sent in a period.

[Yummy]

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@Gwanzi wrote:

Is there any possibility this just is background counting but PM forgets to veil it.

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Even if that is correct, Why would anybody count something what is 'unlimited'? Unless somebody is curious for whatever reason of how many SMS people send/receive.

[hTideGnow]

HI @Yummy 

what plan you have?

for me, the unlimited sms and talk is no longer showing on overview page like before

I think you got that -4 message because PM supposed to take that away but somehow it is showing on your My Account still

[statusquo]

That's an interesting explanation @Grand_Total and I think it makes sense as this is the first time I've seen this counter in my phone account today with it showing -1 texts available to me as none have been sent or received for a new cycle.  I do wonder why this seems to affect random accounts though and not all.

I should note that it does say "unlimited international text" above the counter line though.

[Chrissyrioux12]

25 dollar 3G plan 

[Grand_Total]

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@LitlLdy wrote:

since the website & app blackout on Black Friday then started working again my message usage says 46 used &   -47 left & so on! 😆 Things have broken! 😬 

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Software developers often use -1 as a value to represent something unlimited, in this case the number of messages you are allowed to send in a 30 day period. Normally though they don't bother decrementing that value every time a message is sent, but it appears they are which explains why after sending 46 messages you appear to have -47 left.

[Chrissyrioux12]

It says it’s broken error and they are working  on it 

[Gwanzi]

Is there any possibility this just is background counting but PM forgets to veil it.

[hairbag1]

@Yummy 

ignore those scurrilous messages...the counter is busted I guess.

ed...I checked my account on laptop..I see similar as you. 126 used...227 left !! It's PM world !!

[LitlLdy]

@Yummy , since the website & app blackout on Black Friday then started working again my message usage says 46 used &   -47 left & so on! 😆 Things have broken! 😬 

[Chalupa_Batman]

It's odd I don't see any of that on my account. Maybe these "errors" are on specific accounts? I'm on $25 5G plan if that helps.

[DeelightfulDee2]

@Yummy 

If I could access my account I would like to know the answer as well if it's happening g in my account too? I wonder if new plans may drop this feature? And charge extra?