Texting More Popular Than Calling in the US, Despite Costs

"The popularity of text messaging is exploding while rates continue to go up. According to data from the US Census Bureau, 110 billion text messages were sent in the US in December of 2008—more than double the 48 billion sent in December of 2007. This is undoubtedly thanks to the growing popularity of smartphones and devices designed specifically to communicate via non-voice means, and yet we are still paying what many consider to be outrageous rates for the privilege of sending a few bytes of data."