Unlock Your Cellphone: "If you own a GSM type cellphone that you purchased at a discounted price when you signed up for service, the chances are that the cell phone company has 'locked' your phone so it will only work with their service."

Verizon New TXT Traffic Alert Service : "Beginning July 7th, 2004, Verizon Wireless customers can pay as they go for TXT Traffic Alerts, which are just $0.02 for each message received, or select from several bundled plans, including $2.99 per month for 100 messages, $4.99 per month for 250 messages and $9.99 per month for 1,000 messages sent or received."

Verizon New TXT Traffic Alert Service : "Beginning July 7th, 2004, Verizon Wireless customers can pay as they go for TXT Traffic Alerts, which are just $0.02 for each message received, or select from several bundled plans, including $2.99 per month for 100 messages, $4.99 per month for 250 messages and $9.99 per month for 1,000 messages sent or received."

Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/30/2004 | Why cell spam unlikely to rival e-mail's scourge: "'When we see a spike in the number of calls or text messages, we know something's going on,' Sprint PCS spokesman Charles Fleckenstein said. 'We can see how our switches are handling the traffic.'"