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Blocking Text Message SPAM

CNET has done us all a great service by putting together a summary of the ways to block text message spam for all of the major cell phone providers. Text message spam is worse than e-mail spam because most users are paying for each one in and out. And advertisers know the value of text message spam because it is hard to ignore. Click on thru to see how to deal with this plague on your provider of choice.

Unlimited Texting Certainly a Bargain for One Girl

A New York girl's father was sure glad he paid the extra $30 a month for unlimited texting when he opened his cell phone bill recently. His daughter had sent 14,528 texts in one month. If he didn't have the unlimited plan it could have cost him as much as $2905 just for the texting that month. The most astonishing part of the article to me was the following: "The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old teen is 1,742, according to a Nielsen study of cellphone usage." And I thought I understood teen life.