Emailing Texts Saves Money

I don't have a text plan because I don't really text people. But I do send emails. And now I might "text" people.

I sort of knew about this already but never bothered to do anything about it, but now Rachel has a text plan. If you email phone_number@carrier_info, it will show up as a text on that person's phone. If they reply to that, it will show up as an email on your phone or computer. So I can "text" without paying for a text plan, as long as I know the person's carrier and what needs to come after the @.

One downside is that in order to receive free "texts", the sender must consciously text to your email address instead of your phone number. So all you texters out there, add my gmail address to my contact info in your phone and send any messages to that.