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I did! You can do that with most providers. If they don't explicitly offer it, just tell them you want to switch to an tablet/iPad plan. I pay $15/month for a 3 GB data-only plan and $1/month for a VoIP number that routes SMS to email/app (voip.ms), for those 2 people I know who still use SMS.


> for those 2 people I know who still use SMS.

Interesting. I think I use SMS for more people than every other phone-based method of contact put together.


US high schooler here. I use SMS pretty frequently if you count iMessage, maybe real SMS with 2 or 3 people.


I use a lot of messaging apps, just not SMS. Partly for privacy reasons, partly for convenience.


Hmm. Convenience is the exact reason I'd give for staying away from "a lot of messaging apps" and using primarily SMS. I've got a couple friends that really like Signal, so that's the only other messaging app I ever install.




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