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Cost Saving Text Messaging

More and more of us are text messaging and text messaging plans are getting both bigger and more expensive.  I recently had one client that used 2900 text messages in one month!  That is nearly 100 a day.  Unfortunately for her she was not on the correct text messaging plan and she was paying $0.15 / msg for a lot of those texts.

Here is a quick and easy way to save some money on your text messages.  Each of the carrier’s websites (Rogers, Telus, Bell and others) have websites where you can send text messages to their subscribers for free.  As an example, if I am a Rogers subscriber and I want to send a text message to my friend on Telus instead of texting from my phone I can go to a Telus website from my laptop (or mobile device) to send the message.

This is a quick and easy way to send a free message to your friends and family while avoiding the high costs of text messaging.  I will provide you with the website links for some of the Canadian carriers, but you may also want to look for some of the links for US or International carriers.  Go to your friend’s carrier website and look for “Send SMS” or “Send Text” .  There is typically a link that will allow you to send free text messages.

Here are some of the links for Canadian Carriers.  Remember, you need to find out from your friend which carrier they are on as it only works if you send it from their carrier’s website.

Telus Mobility: http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/send_message/

Bell Mobility: http://www.txt.bell.ca/bell/en/

Rogers Wireless: http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way/ 

                (Note: Free User Account Required)

Fido Mobile: http://websms.fido.page.ca/2way/?lang=en 

                (Note: Free User Account Required)

Solo Mobile: http://www.txt.mysolo.ca/solo/en/

Koodo Mobile: http://koodomobile.com/en/on/sendamessage.shtml

There are also a number of websites on the internet that offer free text messaging to various carriers around the world.  These can sometimes be hit or miss and you need to be careful about using them as you may get added to a distribution list.  You can search on Google for them but I would recommend that you stick to the carrier ones above.  Use at your own risk, but they do save the hassle of going to the different carriers websites.

Be sure to save this post on your computer so you can quickly access these links and text your friends for free.  You may also want to try this from a web browser on your phone as it may save you some time and money that way as well.  Have fun texting.