Just downgraded my text plan from 1500 to 200. It'd be nice if there were something in between, but the overage rate on txts isn't toooo bad, and I rarely text anymore.

I just received my phone bill: 1959 text messages

so little that i never even come close to going over the number of messages included with my original iPhone plan on AT&T.

@workingonyourinvoice: i feel ya, i usually send around 400 a month on my BB Pearl with att and i hate paying for 1500 w/ att...bastards!

idk my bff jill?

I'm 32 and I have a wide age range of employees. It's easier to get the college grads attention by texting versus any other method. Of course the people who are 50 on the team have no idea.

@matsayz: Huh, I figured it was just us iPhoners that were getting hosed by the lack of options in text plans... So AT&T subjects everyone to that 200 message ___________________ 1500 message chasm?

I probably average about 1 text message a day. I can't really let it get out of hand because ATT only gives you 200/month, and they can go by really quick when you're going back and forth.

With my old motorola razr, I didn't text at all because it had a built-in AIM client. Of course, now that I, and everyone I know is using an iPhone, we get to use crappy SMS, even though we all have unlimited data. A good, native ichat client can't come soon enough.

The other half and I rarely call each other - we text instead. The way I look at it, a ringing cell is screaming "Pay attention to ME, not that humanoid beside you!!!" Very intrusive unless it's an emergency.

We look at texting as being able to leave a post-it on their desk. If they see it immediately, great. If not, no biggie.

"Will b late - unowho needs sthng done YESTERDAY" for example.

@workingonyourinvoice: AFAICT, the iPhone only has 200 --> Unlimited. Not even a half step at 1500.

I used to text a lot on my palm, and when I lived in China, where everyone texts all the time. Since switching to an AT&T tilt, my texting has been cut dramatically due to the slow and clunky nature of the interface. I miss the speed and threaded messaging on the Palm, despite all its faults.

I think how well your particular device lends itself to texting matters a lot in how much you use the feature.

Phone calls for work, but texting for friends.

Most of my texting is for little stuff that doesn't warrant a full phone call or for places where being on the phone just doesn't work. If I'm in a bar watching a game and want to see what friends think I'll text them just because I hate being "the guy with his finger in one ear and the phone pressed hard into the other" shouting stuff 5 times.

Phone calls are for teenage girls and bluetools trying to pick up chicks at the airports by talking loud about business matters.

Text messages allow me to give and get the highlights without bothering anyone around me.

I normally ignore when my phone rings and just text them back asking what they want before they finish leaving a voice mail. I really dislike human contact.

I sent one on New Year, haven't sent one since.

I really don't get why you would pay for 160 characters of text when you can blast off a multimegabyte email without having to cramp your fingers on whatever small keys are on your phone.

And if it's really important you could just give them a call.

@ludwigk: Nope, you can get 1500 on the iPhone. That's where I'm at now.

When I was living in Asia for college (Philippines), I averaged about 2000 messages a month. It was cheaper to text someone than to call them.

Living in the US again, I'm down to about 150-200/month. >_>

I love text messaging it keeps the conversation short and simple. I would rather text then have a phone conversation. I am going to try and get my 55 year old mother to start texting so I don't have to talk to her on the phone so much because she just likes to repeat conversation we already had.

Never. I also don't answer them. I just call people back when they message me.

@workingonyourinvoice: i dunno, but with my BB plan thats the choices i get...lame. plus i've got the Pearl which im regretting, should've got the Curve like my roommate. the keys on the Pearl are becoming unrepsonsive or double up the letter. but with the iPhone 3G news(which we all knew was coming) im holding out for it. hope it works overseas wherever i get deployed to in January tho.

i txt between 1400-2000 a month... the most i've done was last month @ around 2200. i have the sprint vision plan so it's unlimited txting for me.

I rarely text, unless I know the recipient responds more quickly to them. I prefer using the unlimited data plan on my HTC 8525 and sending/receiving email through Outlook Mobile via my Exchange Server at home. Then I don't have to sync via wire with my messages at home.

I can also use a freeware IM client if I need to.

text between 150-200 texts a month... not much compared to posters above.

Depends, my phone is broken (stupid K750i joystick), so txting for me is somewhat of a labor. Despite this I txt on average 1500/mo.

Back when I socialized (high school) I peaked at around 5000/mo, but then i started to develop thumb problems...you win some, you lose some.

@digita6: I had the Palm too. That threaded messaging was a really good feature. I text a lot, probably send about 250-300 texts a month. I dunno if thats a lot

The beauty of txt messages is how discreet they are first of all. You can literally check them while on a date from underneath the table (w/ good eyesight). Also, since there is a limit on the amount of characters in each message it encourages people to make their messages concise. People whom I can't seem to get to quit rambling on will get txts from me as apposed to calls for obvious reasons.

I think the most txts used in one month was slightly less than 600 for myself

Have a Sidekick with unlimited text. Text all the time. It's convenient, easy, quick.

I text a lot, but only because I'm in grad school. There's no weekends and free time is rare, classes only take up about 20% of our busy time. Therefore, you never know when a teammate or a friend is in a meeting. Texting lets them get your message right away, and if they're busy the message is there for later.

I send about 500 messages a month. Im on a Mogul w/Sprint SERO plan...unlimited text! XD

almost 1500 a month

i actually dont even make calls anymore since to me calling someone for 30 seconds isnt even worth it. i avg about 700-800 monthly, highest hitting about 1300. i have a friend that only text and she avgs anywhere from 7000-10000 monthly. to me thats just ridiculous, but to each his own.

Never, when I started my phone plan in 2002, I had an allotment of 300/month, I had to ask people to send me texts just to use it. I found myself using less than 20 per month (sending and receiving), so I dropped the plan to a talk-only once the contract ended. In the past five years, I've sent and received 20 texts at most (not counting free texts).

i text anywhere from 5000 to 7500 texts a month. This past month I discovered Twitter so I'm sure it will go drastically.

use about 1500 minutes a month....3000 text messages a month

that must mean im awesomely cool or incredibly gay

im down to a pathetic 40 or 50 a month. As a matter of fact just removed my plan because I wont be texting anymore. Back before moving to the US averaged 6 to 8 hundred. the majority with no more of 15 characters each. wasteful, if you can say that about an sms.

I have been simplifying my life since, trying to depend the least on things that cost. more money for big shiny things.

I only ever use txtDrop.com to message friends from my PC or iPod Touch because I don't have a texting plan on my cell and it takes dag-gom forever to type anything with those silly phone pads. If anyone wants to text me back, I've set up an email address at my domain that forwards to my cell phone's text email address gateway. Nerdilicious.

I text sometimes, ussually only when I get one. I have the 200 text per month plan. because one of my friends is a texting freak, whenever I talk to him, he sends me about a billion messages, so I got the 200 txt plan

3 or 4 a month - and 3 phonecalls per week.

hey im frugal - 1000 minutes for one year.

Yeah. I average around 2000+ a month mimumum in just Verison customers(5 or 6 of my friends). and about another 1000 to my other friends(Att & Sprint). So if Im not texting it is cuz my phone is dead....or im asleep...

I don't do that many cellphone calls or send text messages... but I think there's a balance between both.

I text more because that way I can send simple messages over half a dozen friends... but when I have to detail the info, just make or receive a call. I usually receive more calls than I make... so it's all good on my pocket.

With the amount that people text currently rising and rising...im suprised 2 way pagers havent come back on the scene.The could make them like palm pilots with just texting plans instead of voice plans.Very understandable that this would not work for everyone...but i assume there must be some sort of money in that market.

I never text but my friends have started to. The problem is my phone is paid by work. Texting isn't included in my plan.
Do you get charged for incoming text mesages?
I would like to block all text messages but could not find a way to do it on the T-Mobile site. Anybody know if it is possible to block incoming text messages with t-Mobile?

i try not to talk on the phone. texting makes me organize my thoughts and communicate what i want to say in the most concise manner possible, which often clarifies the message. plus, that way the person can get them whenever. if its an immediate need, i call, but for the most part i just text. a lot a month, i dont wanna even think about it. thousands, for sure.

I would probably die if I didn't have texting. It was disappointing when I found out that I couldn't sign on AIM or use MMS on a BlackBerry without a data plan, yet I still send/receive around... 5,000-8,000 a month. (AIM forwarding included). My record on a RAZR V3xx was 10,300 a month, when I had AIM on it. I don't see how someone can only send less than 500 a month...

@youngjjohnson: its called the Sony Mylo

Seeing as how I only have 200 text messages because of my iPhone, I send texts every once in a while. My girlfriend, on the other hand, is a texting whore, so whenever I do text, its usually with her.

@syosh: its called inter-personal interaction. Dude your thumbs called...they said that they are forming a union to get more benefits and less callouses. Also your penis called.....it misses your thumbs

I get free texts after 4pm and the whole weekend here in Belgium. Obviously i try to take advantage as much as i can :)

I send about 700 txt messages a month. I also have the 450 minute/month plan because I rarely use my phone for long and drawn out conversations.