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Source: CNN  Comments     Threshold   By kmmatney on 2/20/2014
11:49:21 AM , Rating: 2 I'm assuming it uses data, though? I get
my phone free from work, but the rest of my family (4 phones)
are using Ting, so messaging is fairly cheap - for our usage
about $5/mo for all 4 phones. I guess it depends on how much
data WhatsApp uses to see if it is worth it - it must be using
data even when not in use to check on things.  By althaz on
2/20/2014 5:00:30 PM , Rating: 2 Whats app messages at typical
data prices work out to cost the end user about one cent per
12,500 messages.  By Jeremy87 on 2/20/2014 8:51:56 PM , Rating:
2 My plan is 3€/mo which includes a limited number of free SMS,
but unlimited (albeit slow) internet. Why would I not use
WhatsApp with my friends who also use it?