Send a Text without a Text plan

[djrockinsteve]

If you ever need to send a text but do not have a texting plan, or you decide to drop your texting plan to save money you can still send a text message.

You need the persons phone number and their carrier code. For example to send someone a text that has AT&T you would enter their phone number followed by the code @txt.att.net

For the codes to the major carriers you can visit this site. I'm told it is free and requires the same number of key strokes as sending a text. Just enter their code as an alternate phone number for that person.

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details

 

[Flem]

Steve, you're always thinking!! Thanks for the tip.

 

[djrockinsteve]

My friend rarely texts and he dropped his texting plan saving 10 bucks every month. I e mailed him to confirm and it's free. That's 3 wine juice's extra each year.

 

[Airplanedoc]

What a great way to send a text to multiple persons as well. It's much faster typing on a keyboard than on my iphone

 

[roblloyd]

I'll have to try it. If you have an iphone (textfree I think) there are a couple apps that use the wifi for texting. Probably same on Android.

 

[deboard]

Be careful, it may be free for you, but maybe not for your friend. If you sent me a text it would cost me 25 cents, regardless of how you sent it.

 

[djrockinsteve]

Be careful, it may be free for you, but maybe not for your friend. If you sent me a text it would cost me 25 cents, regardless of how you sent it.

You could be right, it would be based upon the recipients plan. I have received these before for people wanting me to refinance or some dumb thing. I usually get them at 3 am

His are free to me. I however am a big fan of call me, ask your questions or talk, then hang up. we're done for awhile.

My step daughters phone goes off every few seconds the moment she walks in the door. So annoying. I'll eventually tell her to call that person and end it all.

I just thought I'd post it if anyone was not texting much and wanted to save a few bucks.

 

[deboard]

You're right, if the recipient is a heavy texter or you know they have an unlimited plan then this is a good solution for you. I personally hate texting, so much so that I actually called AT&T and tried to turn it off altogether. No sending, no receiving. Trying to convince what sounded like a 19 year old girl that I did not need any text plan whatsoever went something like this:

Customer Service: Yes, what can I do for you today?
Me: Yes, I'd like to turn off all texting on my phone
CS: So you'd like to go back down to the pay per text plan?
Me: No, I would like to never receive a text again, or be able to send one.
CS: But....then how would you receive texts?
Me: I wouldn't, that's the plan.
CS: But...But...How would you send a text if you wanted to?
Me: I don't want to. If I ever do I will call you back.
CS: But...But...You can keep the pay per text plan, and if you need to send a text, you can. And then you can receive them too!
Me: No, if someone sends me a text, it costs 25 cents, since I don't have any control over people sending me texts, I don't want to receive any.
CS: But...you still might want to send a text!
Me: Never mind.

It actually went on a lot longer than that, but I thought I'd spare you. A lot more incredulous "But...".

 

[Airplanedoc]

Sounds like trying to get off US Mail

 

[JordanPond]

Sounds like trying to get off US Mail

The cool thing about US Mail is it does not cost the receiver anything to receive the mail.

He is a thought that will help the Postal service out of debt. The could charge everyone a fee to send mail. Put a stamp or something on the letter. When the mail man drops the mail off he'll require the recipient to apply another stamp to the envelop. If the second stamp is not applied you don't get your mail. What an new concept! Oh, darn, the cell phone carriers already charge to send and receive. I guess I'm not thinking that far outside the box.

 

[jet]

You can also send texts out of your email client. It is just the phone number @something.xyx. The last part depends on the recipient's wireless provider.