It may not cost much to send an SMS text message from your mobile/cell phone if you only do so occasionally, but if you are a frequent texter it can quickly run down your credit.
Have you ever thought about using the services of one of the many free SMS text messaging websites that have cropped up online over the past few years? There are plenty of this type of website around, most of which promise not to abuse your phone number and all of which will save you some of your hard earned cash.
All you have to do to send a free text message is enter the phone number you want to send the txt too, enter your service provider and key in the text message you want to send. Once all of that information has been entered you can just hit the send button and your text message is on its way.
Some free online text messaging services allow you to send image, music and movie files as well as a standard text messages.
Before trying one of the free services you might like to try your own service provider to see if it can offer you a free text messaging service.
Free online SMS text messaging services
Very easy to use website. The text messaging form is right in the middle of the home page and it allows you to use up to 140 characters in your text message. This is a no frills service as you can only send text messages and cannot attach any other type of file.
With Text4Free you can send attachments with your text messages. The file formats that are accepted are .jpg, .png, .jpeg, .wbmp, .mid, .midi, .mp3, .mp4, .wav, .wma, .3gp, .mp4. You can also send the same text message to up to 10 people at once. Once again there is a character limit of 140.
CBFSMS offer two types of service; free and VIP. The free service offers a basic text messaging service using up to 137 characters. The VIP account has a fee attached but you can send up to 50 SMS messages at once using up to 402 characters.
