Text messaging has now been popular nowadays as a means of communication. Emailing was the trend before, but it was such a hassle to open your inbox because your phone browser is too slow. Short messaging service has already been available before but it was not that popular.
SMS is really great because it is fast, cheap, and relatively reliable. This is probably the reason why other people abuse it, spamming cellular phone users of different ads of products they sell. Just today, I have received texts about weight loss diet supplements, cash loans, and even car insurance. The seller basically just uses software that automates the message sending process yet he still pays for the messaging fees. This is probably why it is not illegal. As long as cellular phone companies are paid, then they really won’t do anything about those spammers. Anyhow, I guess text spamming does have its advantages over email spamming. One is that phones don’t really have spam filters do they?