Messages

Cost

Carriers can set how much their subscribers pay to send messages. The set amount is removed as soon as you send a message. You can check this value in several places, /carrier info, /phone info, and /carrier list if you want to search through a list of all carriers.

Delay

When sending messages, your action bar will say Sending.... This is because messages aren't sent instantly. Based on the type of tower you, and the recipient is connected to, you can expect to wait different times.

The wait is calculated by adding together your, and the recipients speed to their corresponding tower. That speed is what the tower config has set for that tower, plus that speed times your signal strength (ranging from 0-1)