Why Do People Still Use Texting?  October 26, 2011    So, why in
the world do they charge $.25 a text? How is that not illegal?
The “real” answer…too many of us buy into it and the carriers
make billions of dollars off of it. The biggest reason I hear is
“well I already have unlimited texts”. Let’s do the math though.
At $10/month, that is $120/year. At $20/month, that’s $240/year.
If you are on a smartphone, cancel your texting plan and you can
get a new smartphone every year. That just makes sense to me,
which is why I explicitly opt out of texting and save myself the
money. As everyone continues to move towards smartphones, it
really does not make sense to pay for texting anymore. There are
too many free options.  1. Google Voice Google Voice gives you a
custom phone number to which you can send and receive text
messages completely “free”. When you pair that with a
smartphone, the messages are delivered to your phone directly
rather than as a text message. When you text someone, again it
is delivered dire