How to Receive Free SMS Service

1. Pick an SMS service that allows you to send and receive SMS for free (see Resources). There are dozens of these sites available. A few that you can consider are SendSMSNow, 411SMS and Txt2Fun. While these sites will require you to register, you won't have to download any software.
2. Register with SendSMSNow. Create a user name; provide your first and last name, email address, password, gender, country and date of birth, then agree to the terms and conditions and enter the security code. Submit your details and wait for your confirmation email. When you receive this email, click on the included link. Log in to your account and send your text message. Your reply will be sent to your SendSMSNow account.
3. Sign up for 411SMS. Register by entering your email address and password. Once you've submitted this information, you'll be sent login details. Log in to the account and send your text message---your reply will be received in this account.
4. Register with Txt2Fun. This site requires that you provide a user name, password, email address, first and last name, country and mobile phone. Once you've agreed to the terms and conditions, you'll be able to send and receive text messages from this account for free. You may also send bulk SMS for a small per-message fee of $0.03 as of September 2010.