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25% Of Cell Phone Customers Use SMS

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“Usage correlates with age: 63 percent of cell phone users ages 18-27 have used text messaging compared with 31 percent for ages 28-39 and 7 percent for those over 60.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project also found that 28 percent of people who text message have received unsolicited commercial messages that way.”

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There are probably several reasons why text messaging use is so low. 1. It most likely costs you money depending on the plan you are subscribed to 2. People are concerned with getting spam and thus limit their exposure 3. It is just too dang hard to type out a message using your numberpad, regardless of acronyms.

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