said by PToN:Plus, you forget that you are obligated to have SMS even when you dont use it. Of course you pay for what you send and receive. But try calling and tell them you want SMS turned off... The time that happens it will be the same time the sun dies....
It's free money for them, just like water bottling companies, its a license to print money...
I don't know who your carrier is, but mine is Verizon. You can have texting blocked. I can neither send or receive text/pix messages and that suits me just fine.