Verizon Wireless Adds Unlimited Messaging

With "texting" becoming ever more popular, wireless carriers are beginning to offer unlimited messaging, some with the feature built into the voice plans themselves. Verizon Wireless is the latest to do so, saying Monday it would offer the feature in America's Choice Select and Family Share Select plans, which would allow customers to send unlimited text, photo, video, and instant messaging to any carrier within the US.

As opposed to the traditional America's Choice plan, the new options would be $20 more expensive per month. All other features, including minutes, would stay the same, said the company. Verizon Wireless customers are among the most prolific messagers in the industry, sending a record 17.7 billion text and 353 million picture and video messages during the fourth quarter of 2006.