said by pnh102 :

What is so hard to understand? They make money off incoming text messages.

Most cell phone providers want to charge a premium for texting so that they can provide a nasty incentive for customers to upgrade to a higher-tier calling plan that includes a certain number of text messages. Either they make money by charging a premium for each message, or they make money by charging an extra monthly rate for a fixed number of text messages a month.

said by TKJunkMail :

But if you want to send and receive text msgs, than buy a monthly plan that allows them and don't pay per msg.

said by TKJunkMail :

Or you can do what I do. And that is set the option to not accept incoming text msgs. That way you don't pay anything for text msgs.

said by quatrix :

Sure. And if you're having pain in your arm, just amputate the arm. Problem solved?

said by TKJunkMail :

Some one wants to talk to me they can call the phone # and speak. And if it isn't important or urgent, they can email me. What have I missed by not getting a text msg?

said by Brazbit :

That is my take on it. You have the dang phone in your hands already. You could call say what needs to be said and hang up in less time then it takes to type out a message in broken english. I would love to disable text, email, im, internet, camera, games, wallpapers, screen savers, and every other useless money sucking feature on the phone and go back to just having a phone again.