[cmg]

Texting also became expensive once the carriers figured out people wanted to use it. I remember being pissed off in the mid-2000s when I posted an item for sale on Craigslist and someone texted me about it instead of calling - that text probably cost me a quarter!

(Now, of course, I can't imagine calling a random person or putting my phone number on an item listing.)

[Arrath]

16-year old me started a head start program so I was driving to the next town over and taking courses at the community college in addition to my high school stuff, so I was given a cell phone for eventualities.

Which I naturally used to rack up a $90 bill in SMS charges in the first month alone. My father was rather displeased and it took me a fair few mowed lawns to pay that off.