Cures to SMS Price Gouging
SMS text messaging has become so popular in particular with young cellphone users that inspire new easy way for wireless carriers making money. The price hike practice while is disturbing, it is understandable in a free market where supply and demand govern the price.
I gather here few solutions to avoid the gouging. Find out after the jump!
- Knowing yourself, if you think you are a big SMS text fan, get a generous SMS plan and re- adjust as you go. Avoid the additional text beyond the plan coverage. You will be very surprised with the additional charges. Most carriers offer the automatic way to check your current usage.
- When you are on the go, if you know the person you call is not in a meeting or a class, just simple call your recipient and ask it is OK to talk.
When you are on the computer, you can use few free services below:
1-Yahoo Mail offer free SMS conversation sending and receiving
2-3jam SuperText is a new service in beta that detects when you are at your computer and automatically routes incoming and outgoing mobile SMS text messages for free through your PC web browser.
3-Gizmo Call offer of a web-based SMS service Gizmo SMS, located at gizmosms.com. Gizmo SMS lets people easily send 1 way SMS text messages to mobile phones around the world, from any web browser, for free. No registration or account setup required.
4-SMS Everywhere, Text4Free.net, 811.com: 1 way SMS service from a Web based app to cellphone
5-Twitter: Send mass SMS to your followers
If you know more free services, please share in the comment section!
Wired’s How-To Wiki points out that the AOL Instant Messenger app on the iPhone can send SMS by entering a full phone number (with a +1 for U.S. or another country code first) to your buddy list, you can send out standard text messages from an iPhone or iPod touch.
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