Your link says 2020 terms.
The screenshot I saw was referring to 2024.
But I came to read yours because:
Don't trust; verify. 🤝
Here is the link that is in the image “T-mobile Code of Conduct” I’m not going to get in a fight with anyone over this but I think they way everyone is interpreting this is probably wrong.
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/public-files/attachments/T-Mobile%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf
Everything in the document reads as if it applies only to “non-consumer” messaging campaigns. Skimming it sounds like it applies to services from marketers or other or automated interactive campaigns like when people are instructed to text “music” to 242567. And people have to send “STOP” to get them off out of the chain. It appears to be a code of conduct for those kinds of interactions where T mobile would fine entities if they do not follow those guidelines designed to give their customers a expected pleasant interaction and avoid consumers labeling that activity as spam. It does not appear to be directed at individuals talking to each other over SMS or the internet. But that’s just my read.
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That is the link from this page:
https://support.bandwidth.com/hc/en-us/articles/19939626519575-New-non-compliance-fees-on-January-1
So I think it’s fake. The code of conduct they are linking to is 2020.
Fake maybe too strong I didn’t see any of the fees claimed in the summary in the more detailed thing they linked to and as you point out the code of conduct is 2020. Either way I don’t think it’s related to consumer communications or traffic but you all can decide what you want to think. Merry Christmas!