How much will Chinese mobile carrier charges customers who pick message from Twitter?

Twitter Doesn't Charge You

We don't charge you for text messages. However, as stated in our FAQ:

Depending on your service provider and your text plan, you might see usage charges for text usage, and Twitter can become highly addictive.  Those messages add up fast! If you don't want to deal with message-counting, try using Twitter from the web or IM first and see how you like it.

How Twitter will affect your phone bill depends on your phone plan, and text messaging allowance.  Some people pay a per-message charge of ten cents or more.  Some people have an allotted number of text messages monthly.  Some (lucky!) people have unlimited text plans.  Twitter can be addicting, so check your plan to make sure you don't get a huge bill.

A special word of caution for International folks: some carriers (such as Orange) don't charge an international fee to use the Twitter UK number.  Others consider it an international number and charge up to .15 per message.  Remember to check your phone plan for international rates; be aware that standard messaging rates vary by carrier, and do apply.【twitter 好像都属于uk number，而没有twitter cn number一说】

注意看最后一段：some carriers (such as Orange) don't charge an international fee to use the Twitter UK number.  Others consider it an international number and charge up to .15 per message.  Remember to check your phone plan for international rates.这是国际漫游费的提示，千万要注意了。另外单位是欧元或者英镑也要注意。Twitter doesnot charge you doesnt equal it's free for you picking message from Twitter.

这个是Twitter站在他的角度的发言，在中国经常会被广告商宣传为用××不收费。这样幕后的收费情况就算是取消，等你发现可能已经是2个月的使用费了。这种情况很普遍，举个例子：cctv5足球比赛，发一条1元钱，参予奖金为5000元的抽奖。注意哦，这个一元钱是短信费，而发了这个短信后，会自动为使用某某服务，每月必须缴纳若干月租费。

联通和移动垄断的短信服务，对通过Twitter的发送的短信如何收费尚不明朗。Twitter有特意提示consult your carrier to find out if you'll incur international charges using Twitter numbers.这几乎可以肯定是收费的，而且收费肯定比国内短信的收费贵很多。据说国外短信发到国内，一条短信收费是1元人民币。

Text Messages?  Sounds expensive.  How much will it cost me?

Though you'll never see a bill from Twitter, it depends on your text messaging plan; standard text messaging rates (such as international text messaging  fees) do apply.  Consult your service provider to ensure that your text plan covers your Twitter usage. Give your provider the Twitter phone number you'll be using to see if you'll incur extra charges.  If you're using Twitter from outside of the US, please consult your carrier to find out if you'll incur international charges using Twitter numbers, as every provider has a different policy.

收费要问我们的联通、移动。因为我们的政府有幽闭恐惧症，肯定对国外的这些东西排斥。

来看看Twitter的一个特色，使用@语法：本来是一种用户习惯。What does @username do?

When someone sends a Twitter that inspires your reply, what can you do? Direct Text the person if your reply is personal and only meant for their eyes, but sometimes you want everyone who read the original Twitter to see your response.

We noticed a lot of folks using a self-invented lexicon to reply publicly to each other's Twitters. By using an "@username" formula, Twitter-ers self-threaded their public Twitters.  Because it was so popular, we decided to make it an official thing, and link "@" replies back to the original Twitters (for those who missed the real time conversation, but still want to catch up.)