“For those of you who didn’t bother to read the whole article....”
“The girl’s parents, Gregg and Jaylene Christoffersen, thought texting had been disabled”
Also in the same article.
“The bill was legit.”
So I guess they didn’t “think” it hard enough.
You can request that Verizon disable texting, but they don’t disable it just because you don’t pay for texting service. If you read the plan information, it clearly states what you will pay per text message. For years, I didn’t pay extra for texting and rarely texted. They charged 10 cents a text. I think they’ve now gone up to 25 cents a text and taxes get tacked on. I’m texting a little more, so I finally gave in and bought 450 text messages a month for $5 extra dollars.