Just got Google Voice (aka Grand Central) - it allows me to send free SMS’s - which I already did via email (555-5555@vtext.com). But that was annoying because you had to know the carrier, ever since teleflip went under :(
So moral of the story is, text me at (208) 991 2069 and I can text you back. Oooor, if you’re really ambitious call me, I have it set to not forward to my phone, so you’ll just leave a message and I’ll get a text-representation of your message.