Carrier 10DLC Surcharges
In recent months, the US and Canadian cell carriers have started adding per message surcharges for all A2P traffic. Carriers in the US now consider all traffic that is not coming from another cell phone (i.e. traffic coming programmatically) to be A2P.
The following tables list the carrier surcharges for 10DLC A2P messaging.
Local A2P / 10DLC
| Carrier | Type | Inbound | Outbound | Start Date |
| Verizon | SMS | $0.00 | $0.0025 | 2/1/20 |
| Verizon | MMS | $0.00 | $0.005 | 2/1/20 |
| US Cellular | SMS | $0.00 | $0.005 | 3/1/19 |
| US Cellular | MMS | $0.00 | $0.01 | 3/1/21 |
| AT&T* | SMS | $0.00 | $0.002 | 3/1/21 |
| AT&T* | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0035 | 3/1/21 |
| T-Mobile** | SMS | $0.003 | $0.003 | 6/1/21 |
| T-Mobile** | MMS | $0.01 | $0.01 | 6/1/21 |
| TextNow | SMS | $0.00 | $0.002 | 8/1/21 |
| TextNow | MMS | $0.00 | $0.002 | 8/1/21 |
* as of March 1, 2021
** as of June 1, 2021
Toll-Free
| Carrier | Type | Inbound | Outbound | Start Date |
| Verizon | SMS | $0.00 | $0.0025 | 9/1/20 |
| Verizon | MMS | $0.00 | $0.005 | 7/1/21 |
| AT&T* | SMS | $0.00 | $0.0025 | 7/1/21 |
| AT&T* | MMS | $0.00 | $0.003 | 7/1/21 |
| T-Mobile* | SMS | $0.0025 | $0.0025 | 7/1/21 |
| T-Mobile* | MMS | $0.01 | $0.01 | 7/1/21 |
| Sprint | SMS | $.0025 | $0.0025 | 7/1/21 |
| Sprint | MMS | $0.01 | $0.01 | 7/1/21 |
| TextNow** | SMS | $0.00 | $0.0015 | 8/1/21 |
| TextNow** | MMS | $0.00 | $0.002 | 8/1/21 |
* as of July 1, 2021
** as of August 1, 2021
Short Code
| Carrier | Type | Inbound | Outbound |
| US Cellular | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00350 |
| Verizon | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00250 |
| AT&T | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00250 |
| T-Mobile | SMS | $0.00250 | $0.00250 |
| Sprint | SMS | $0.00500 | $0.00500 |
Canada: Local
| Carrier | Type | Inbound | Outbound | Last Update |
| Bell & Virgin | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00876 | 7/1/21 |
| Bell & Virgin | MMS | $0.00 | $0.03267 | 7/1/21 |
| FIDO Solutions | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00717 | 7/1/21 |
| FIDO Solutions | MMS | $0.00 | $0.01195 | 7/1/21 |
| Freedom Mobile (Globalive Wireless/WIND) |
SMS | $0.00 | $0.00478 | 7/1/21 |
| Rogers | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00717 | 7/1/21 |
| Rogers | MMS | $0.00 | $0.01195 | 7/1/21 |
| Saskatel | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00637 | 7/1/21 |
| Sasktel | MMS | $0.00 | $0.00637 | 7/1/21 |
| Telus | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00478 | 7/1/21 |
| Videotron | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00558 | 7/1/21 |
Canada: Toll-Free
| Carrier | Type | Inbound | Outbound | Last Update |
| Bell & Virgin | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00854 | 7/1/21 |
| Bell & Virgin | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0333 | 7/1/21 |
| FIDO Solutions | SMS | $0.00 | $0.0073 | 7/1/21 |
| FIDO Solutions | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0122 | 7/1/21 |
| Freedom Mobile (Globalive Wireless/WIND) |
SMS | $0.00 | $0.00484 | 7/1/21 |
| Freedom Mobile (Globalive Wireless/WIND) |
MMS | $0.00 | $0.0098 | 7/1/21 |
| Rogers | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00726 | 7/1/21 |
| Rogers | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0122 | 7/1/21 |
| SaskTel | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00645 | 7/1/21 |
| SaskTel | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0065 | 7/1/21 |
| Telus | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00484 | 7/1/21 |
| Telus | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0081 | 7/1/21 |
| Videotron | SMS | $0.00 | $0.00565 | 7/1/21 |
| Videotron | MMS | $0.00 | $0.0057 | 7/1/21 |
The above rates are current as of 1 September 2021. We will update this information if carrier rates change.