Who offers the best plan for text messaging?

wenpeek · 10-28-2006, 08:18 PM

Which carrier offers the best plan for text messaging? I text more than I talk and I'm a no frills kinda gal so I don't need a fancy phone with all the bells and whistles. Right now I have a Tracfone prepaid Nokia and it costs me .3 of a unit to send a text message (I can send 3 text messages per unit and a unit equals one minute) and I get free incoming text messages. The only thing I don't like about Tracfone is their selection of phones. I really like using flip phones the best and they don't have a very big selection to choose from.

So I was just curious to see if any other carrier out there could beat what I'm paying for text messaging now or is what I have the best there is? It can be prepaid or contract carrier. I appreciate any responses given.

Wendy Peek ~ Dallas, Texas

Bourn Identity · 10-30-2006, 03:55 PM

About how much do you pay per month on average?

roberts1953 · 10-31-2006, 01:27 PM

With Alltel U prepaid you get the choice of 2 out of the 4: unlimited SMS, unlimited N/W minute, unlimited calls to one number, or unlimited M2M; all for $.75/day. Pay-Per-Day: U Prepaid Wireless Service from Alltel
They have some cheap flip phones.

If you need less then that, check out Welcome to TúYo.com
Tuyo Mobile is $.02 in and $.05 out for SMS. They use tmobile's native network. They are GSM so you can put then SIM in any tmobile "branded" or unlocked GSM phone with 850/1900 frequencies. So phone choice is yours.

wenpeek · 10-31-2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Bourn Identity

About how much do you pay per month on average?

I can buy a 120 minute airtime card for $30 and that will last me about 3 weeks and they also have a 60 minute card for $20 that I will get if something comes up and I need to add more minutes before payday. ~ Wen

Bourn Identity · 10-31-2006, 03:53 PM

Here are the current text messaging packages with a few of the major US providers:

T-Mobile -
$4.99/mo. 400 messages
$9.99/mo. 1000 messages
$14.99/mo. Unlimited messages

Cingular -
$4.99/mo. 200 messages
$19.99/mo. 3000 messages

Sprint -
$5.00/mo. 300 messages
$10.00/mo. 1000 messages
$15.00/mo. Unlimited messages

hendrushki · 11-16-2006, 10:42 AM

metro pcs-unlimited text messages (txt and picture) for like 5 bucks

Bourn Identity · 11-17-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hendrushki

metro pcs-unlimited text messages (txt and picture) for like 5 bucks

Oh, I didn't even notice wenpeek was from Dallas. So you could go with metroPCS if you'd like. The messaging for metroPCS is included with $45/mo. plan. You will get unl. text and picture messaging, unl. minutes(day/night/weekend) and long distance for only $45/mo.