Originally Posted by dreadnatty08

I was shocked at the plan to move into 500 texts a month; who does that?
But, another option, which I don't believe has been brought up is to use Google Voice to send all your texts with no fees. I use it only for visual voicemail, but it's definitely an option.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googlevoice&fea ture=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd