[cell phones] AT&T to only offer unlimited Texting or "none"

[graylocks]

deckeda wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
i've been too lazy to set up google voice for texting. won't be if they pull this.

All these alternative texting methods, the TextFree app and similar workarounds ... don't they prevent people from conveniently texting "you," i.e. your phone number? And when they see a text from the number that's not in their contacts, how they gonna know who it's from?

Seems like the reason carriers have everyone by the short hairs is because we don't want to have two "phone numbers," one for voice and one for text. Or am I overstating this? (So many lines of text in this post, can they all be questions? I think so?)
My friends have quickly gotten used to the fact that I may text them from three different numbers. Most contact managers can easily handle multiple phone numbers. But you're right, there is an inclination not to complicate the process with more numbers.

Btw when I text from a new number I always identify myself.

[testcase]

I had ATT block texts on my iPhone. TextFree more than covers the occasional text for me.