Text for FREE!
Many people have switched to texting as their standard form of communication of the cell networks. All of the major cell phone carriers overcharge grossly for there texting plans. For example, let us say the average person sends 400 text messages a month and the average size is 140 bytes, 400 x 140 is 56,000 bytes or about 5.5 Kilobyte. The average price for data is about 20 cents per kilobyte which would bring our monthly total for 400 messages to $1.10. Now take the same 400 messages and multiply that by the cost per text message and you come to about $60.
What have we learned? By the carriers math, it costs about $1.10 for 400 messages but they charge us $60. Now you may ask where the free part comes in… If we switch to a data plan while not free, we could still send text messages as data (which is what they are in the first place). To achieve this, simply send these messages as email.
For AT&T users SMS is phonenumber@txt.att.net and MMS is phonenumber@mms.att.net
For Verizon users SMS is phonenumber@vtext.com and MMS is phonenumber@vzwpix.com
For Sprint users SMS and MMS is phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
For T-Mobile users SMS and MMS is phonenumber@tmomail.net
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