Texting does not use any minutes from your cell phone plan.
Texting is a totally separate activity from talking on your cell phone. TALKING/LISTENING on your cell phone is the only way you use anytime minutes.
IN Minutes and texts are mobile to mobile. So any call or text from one Verizon Wireless cell phone to another Verizon Wireless cell phone would be considered IN.
Verizon offers a larger range of coverage than Cricket. Although inexpensive, Cricket has a limited coverage area as of now that includes 39 markets in the USA. Cricket's roaming charges are expensive but they have one low price for texts/minutes whereas Verizon will penalize you for extra minutes/texts you use.
yes
Straight talk is the cheapest. They use Verizon towers and provide unlimited mobile service at a price of $45 a month. Unlike the company Verizon which charges about $50 a month for unlimited everything. So for the most part you are getting the same service at the same price, more or less.
It all depends on the contract you have. Some like the "In" contract with Verizon Wireless allow you to send texts unlimited to anyone else within the Verizon "In" network. Others, like AT&T will charge you for texts regardless of network provider unless you buy the unlimited texting packages, in or out of network.
you cant
No.
depends on what plan you have
In the UK, there is no single best tarrif, it depends whether you need call minutes and/or texts, and on whether you need anytime minutes, or you make most calls in the evenings or weekends. Also do you want 'pay-as-you-go' or a monthly bill. Best thing is to check the suppliers' websites, also consider ASDA - no contract, 8p per minute anytime.
Yes Yes you do
if you have unlimited texting, as many as you want
If your mom always figures out everything you text on your Galaxy S3 on the Verizon network, she probably has access to all texts online.