Help text through wifi? through sms

[burls]

My basement has terrible signal and i was wondering if there is a way to text through my wifi. Id rather not have to use a text through wifi app if there is one.

 

[rfound]

Google Voice. You end up sending all your texts over the data network, and there is no MMS support, but they are minor tradeoffs for free texting.

 

[PGP_Protector]

you can E-Mail your text.

Example for an att user you're e-mail 5555555555@txt.att.net

some other carriers e-mail addresses.
How To Send Email To Any Cell Phone (for Free)

 

[robphelan]

another vote for google voice... i got rid of my texting plan (saves $5) and am trying to ween my wife off of hers ($20)

 

[ulbonado]

Google voice lets you send texts for free, but when I read their help, I thought it said that incoming ones were simply forwarded to your phone, so you would be charged for those as normal. Did I misunderstand?

 

[rfound]

Google voice lets you send texts for free, but when I read their help, I thought it said that incoming ones were simply forwarded to your phone, so you would be charged for those as normal. Did I misunderstand?

That's a setting, essentially for non-Android users who want to use google voice, but can't run a google-voice app on their device.

Go to the web control panel and turn off the forwarding of SMS... unless of course you want it on.