Advantages of email to SMS over the internet

If you are weighing up email to SMS providers against each other, or against sending from a handset, these are the advantages of running your messaging through an email account.

• Try before you buy. Sign up and get 30 days and $2 of credit for free. No credit card is required to activate the account, and there is nothing to download or wait for.
• Cost. SMS through the service costs less than sending text messages from a mobile phone on a standard plan. The rates run from 12 cents down to 5 cents a message.
• Centralised communications. Everything you send and receive lands in one email address, and UTBox provides other internet messaging services alongside it.
• No thumb strain. Type on a computer keyboard rather than a keypad. A single email to SMS message can run to 1,440 characters, so you can say the whole thing.
• Easy to use. If you can send and receive email, you can send and receive SMS. There is no separate interface to learn.

The service provides functionality, pricing and international reach in one place, and once you have signed up you can use the fax services on the same account, with no second signup and no further payment.

For the situations people put this to work in, see the top 6 reasons for using email to SMS.