I just learned the coolest thing: You can send text messages to Appalachian Wireless customers using plain ol’ email. The email address to send the text to is:

<tenDigitPhoneNumber>@awsms.com

So, for example, if your Appalachian Wireless phone number was 606-272-5555, your texting email address would be:

6062725555@awsms.com

I’m sure this is common knowledge to most people, but I didn’t know you could do that. I’d be willing to bet that every other carrier has a similar mechanism, as long as you know what the domain part of the address would be.