Text messaging is big business, with more than 5 billion text messages sent per day in 2010, according to CTIA The Wireless Association. While the vast majority of those text messages are variants of "Honey, we need bread, milk, and diapers!" or "lol ur qut hav ur ppl call me l8r", nearly all mobile message communication takes place phone to phone. However, online text messages are gaining in popularity, as free SMS (short message system) is available with more free online text message websites.

Send Text Messages Online Using Mobile Message SMS

Web and email text messaging takes the standard mobile-to-mobile experience and simply replaces one phone with a website form or an email draft. For people with low-use mobile phone plans, plans that charge a fee per text message, or for folks who don't have text messaging or - gasp! - don't even have a mobile phone, free online text messaging via web or email is a convenience that can make communication cheaper and easier.

Internet Text Message

Most internet text message systems use a similar interface for sending a free SMS mobile message: