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Saving money on text messaging

August 8th, 2008 at 08:26 am

I've just discovered something small, but nifty. I work as a lecturer, and many students text me. I guess that's the culture in my university and it's somehow encouraged. However texting back and forth with students, plural, is gonna cost. I discovered a few days ago that my cell phone provider has a website that allows me to text people, who are using the same service provider, for free! There is a limit of 3 text messages per day, however. That's $0.15 saved per day.

In my country, we have a saying: a little soil at a time makes a hill one day.

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8 Responses to “Saving money on text messaging”

  1. Jonathan Frank Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 11:22 am 1218194546
    1218194546

    I am also a lecturer based in Boston and I have found that I can text my students for free by using email. I ask each student at the beginning of term for their cell phone number and carrier. Each carrier has a different email address for texting. For example to text 6175294123 at Verizon, I would send an email to 6175294123@vtext.com. I have gone a step further by automatically texting students with attendance or assignment problems using Excel and Word mailmerge, and sending to email rather than the printer.

  2. Broken Arrow Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 12:13 pm 1218197613
    1218197613

    Interesting phenomenon. Texting drives me batty unless it's at least with a thumb keyboard. And even then, I still prefer email. Push email is also available, but then, perhaps this is a sign that I'm starting to get behind the times.

  3. Aleta Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 04:02 pm 1218211356
    1218211356

    My husband is paying .20 incoming and outgoing. That's an interesting idea. Thanks for sharing.

  4. gruntina Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 04:22 pm 1218212553
    1218212553

    I love text messaging! I have an unlimited data and text plan phone plan for only 32 dollars per month. Prior to text messaging, I have always used push emails. The problem with push emails that often there is a delay in timing for it to arrive to the intended person while text messages are usually instant.

  5. cptacek Says:
    August 9th, 2008 at 02:00 am 1218247233
    1218247233

    I was thinking about dropping my 300 text messages for $5.99 plan, which for $.15 a piece (the price without the plan) takes 40 texts a month before it pays off. I didn't think I used text messaging that much, but for the past 4 months, it has been in the 70-80 range per month (I use it as my pager when I am on call...using the email address trick that Jonathan mentioned above). Wish that there was a "150 for $2.50 plan" or something.

  6. Amber Says:
    August 9th, 2008 at 02:19 am 1218248351
    1218248351

    The school deosn't reimburse you? I absolutely hate texting

  7. themoneyadventurista Says:
    August 11th, 2008 at 01:27 pm 1218461244
    1218461244

    Hi there everyone. Thanks for the comments. I hate texting too, but it's a necessary evil. No, the school doesn't reimburse me. Push email's a good idea, and I should shepherd students towards it. However, students seem to prefer texting - probably thinking that the lecturer will entertain queries at all hours.

    Jonathan's idea is GREAT. I'll check to see if my carrier allows me to do that.

  8. Amber Says:
    August 13th, 2008 at 01:46 am 1218591972
    1218591972

    that sucks, I would push the emails

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