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If you were impressed by the teen who sent a measly 14,528 texts in one month, you're going to be blown away by this. Two men in Pennsylvania recently sent a record-breaking 217,000 texts in the month of March alone.



Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, both Lancaster, PA residents, have been friends since they attended Berks Technical Institute together. Fascinated by the texting phenomenon, the two set out on a mission to break the current texting record: 182,000 sent in 2005 by Deepak Sharma in India.

The men set their mobile phones up to send multiple messages, and during testing discovered they could send up to 6-7,000 texts a day, which prompted the March messaging marathon.

    "Most were either short phrases or one word, 'LOL' or 'Hello,' things like that, with tons and tons of repeats," said Andes, reached by phone.

With Andes sending over 140,000 messages and Klinger sending more than 70,000, they reached the end of the month with just over 217,000 total messages sent. Unreal!

One down side to the experiment? A $26,000 phone bill received by Andes. Both men thought they were taking advantage of "unlimited texting," which is why the inches-thick phone bill came as quite a shock. "It came in a box that cost $27.55 to send to me," he said Tuesday. Andes panicked and called T-Mobile, who said they were investigating the charges. Fingers crossed for him! That's one pricey text-periment.

Reps at Guinness Book of World Records have not responded to inquiries about whether or not the experiment could officially be counted as a 'world record.'

Here's hoping their thumbs are recovering nicely. What's your personal text messaging record?

via AP


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iMorgan

iMorgan says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is probably like 5,00 a month

iMorgan

iMorgan says:
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haa, i ment 5,000

love_and_believe

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

The most i've sent is about 11,000 texts....i miss unlimited texting :(

Victor Yousof =]

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

damn! mine is not nearly that high

__&IREALLYDISLIKEYOU;

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

SMH.

*roXXX* ™ [WWF]

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Probably about 2500 in a month. :D

ohmyeff

ohmyeff says:
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Right after I got my new Blackberry, my sent messages was a few hundred shy of 16,000 in February. My mom freaked out, I'm glad I've got unlimited. I was amazed by that myself.

Ashley Loves Animals

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

texting is lame

Merecy

Merecy says:
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probably 9 / Month

josh

josh says:
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those guys are beasts at texting lol

Joslyn

Joslyn says:
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I've only been up to 2K/month..now, my service provider doesn't even give me the information about my texting history because I have an everything/unlimited data plan.

holli chica;;*

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

whoa! and I thought I texted alot! haha. the highest amount i've texted was only 3,000. :P

cheerkaren

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i average 10k text a month :)

krisyourspiffy

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i'm not even sure.
i have unlimited.
i just text without really thinking how many i send.

MegMarie

MegMarie says:
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last month i sent 12,255.....weak!

Thaoo(:

Thaoo(: says:
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my highest one was like 13k lol

melspell

melspell says:
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I sent 21,000 one month,but jeeez 217k? thats a lot of wasted time

CindiCouture

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

159,800 this past month.
thank goodness for unlimited text messaging
:D

Emily

Emily says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

ive sent 6,000 texts one month.
i barely text now. hahaha.

Reserved Girl12

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine is probably like 1400 to 2000 a month

The Tsunami Of Swagger

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

If you send more than 150 text a month you're a jackass. Is it really that much of a challenge to actually call the person?

Karrazy

Karrazy says:
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Honestly, I have no idea. It's probably somewhere around...1000 or less. I don't text that much at all.

whit0015

whit0015 says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

well I dont think they should charge them b/c it was unlimited text so I dont think T-Mobile should make them pay!

BabyyBooTaylor08

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

wow...i send like 9,000 - 10,000 a month...i thought that was alot lol

music78906

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

ahaha this is hilarious. x]

Good thing I have unlimited! :D

pinksharpii

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

First, if they had unlimited texting, they shouldn't be charged that much.
Second, world record should be set by one person for this.

Kristian

Kristian says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is only 10,000 >.<

Dayna

Dayna says:
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That's cheating.

Wallpaper4Me.com

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

that is absolutely incredible, haha, i dont think i could ever come near that :(. hope they get that bill straightened out!

longsnore

longsnore says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

it definitely should be a record.

my record is about 8,000. ahahah.

full bloom

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

217,000...how is that even possible!?

avaPOP

avaPOP says:
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they cleared the charges for him thankfully...
but i do think its cheating that they were sending repeat messages and stuff that just said hello. i mean, i could send millions of texts with "." on them...

alliejayshaw

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine's like 8000

j0elleh0pe

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

maybe 6,000 a month? tops

Mimiiii

Mimiiii says:
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My record is like 6,232.
Well I feel stupiid haha.

Brenda

Brenda says:
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wow. My highest was probably like 12k
:)

Zeus

Zeus says:
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straight up 500 a month!
What you know..

Chelsea

Chelsea says:
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my record is 12000.

Chelsea

Chelsea says:
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a month. haha not a day...

dolphinluvr

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

wow i dont even text
thats why theres always the internet where you can keep in contact like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, IM, and all the other stuff lol :P
I wouldnt try to break the record for even 50,000 dollars. Anyway the dudes gonna need to find the money to pay for the bill. Cool but dumb. XD

kelizabeth6

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

geez ppl text too much. its not necessary.

kebbxxx

kebbxxx says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine is 64,456,950,115,004 a month.
:D:D:D

janelle jealousy;

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is probably around onlyy 7,000 .
gotta love unlimited textingg :) lol .

Eduardo

Eduardo says:
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Hahaha i have not a high record... probably 30 or 40

Cheddar

Cheddar says:
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Wow... Do they eat, sleep, or what?
That's too much time on their hands.

But yay for texting :) aha.

D.Jensen

D.Jensen says:
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Not sure. In the summer, I used to send a couple hundred a night. So probably over 1,500 a week, which means 6,000+ a month.

beth

beth says:
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about 4,500/month.

God Eat God

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Combined, it was 217k.
Not that great.

Micky[Mystery]

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

4000-11000 amonth

Ruhi Ella

Ruhi Ella says:
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crazy insane

Benjerman

Benjerman says:
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it would be so annoying to be one of the people receiving non stop texts from these 2 guys for a whole month

Ivan Cavazos

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

the last time i checked, which was july of '08, i used 8,000. i haven't asked recently :]

margaret[mania]

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my parents went crazy when i sent like 2,000 in a month.

hanna hostage

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

last month for me was 7,216

Stunnuhshawny

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

12,00 here. :P

lauran

lauran says:
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my personal record it 10,000 txts.

shanana

shanana says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record: 13,000.

adri.lovestohelp

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

haha...Im not a texting person I only text when people dont get my calls
so I problably text about 50 a month and thats a lot for me ..lol =D

bryttneyjordyn(:

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Last month it was 8 thousand something.
How unhealthy.

samantha:)

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i def dont think that that should count, its not like there really texts just repeats of texts.

obviously kayla

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

about 7,000

daizy

daizy says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

wow! thats alot!
i have sent over 10k buhh dayum[:
hehe i also have t-mobile,
&& if u had unlimited it shouldnt be charged!

dinoxchow

dinoxchow says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

2000? =]

Brooke

Brooke says:
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Hmmm , my personal messaging record is like 9,000 something . Lol , and I thought that was a lot .

robynnxrevolver™

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my highest was close to 10,000 in a month

thank goodness for unlimited texting!

Christopher Richards

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine is probably like 0

Butterzs

Butterzs says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is like 6,900 pass it and c how many other people hav

Kimi

Kimi says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

My record so far was 8,000 in one month. I really don't think that these guys should count. They didn't type out each txt and send them one at a time.

Loose Goose BW

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

im 7,200 here, its time to start text dieting...i can only imagine how many words i say in a month.

Nina

Nina says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mines prob likkee 700 a montth, not that mucch lmaaaao

Kimi

Kimi says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

AND. I have three words for those guys.
GET A LIFE!

Kyndallll(:

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

My record is about a little over 7,000.
So I have noooo idea how they did itt.

JoJoBell

JoJoBell says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

probably only like 15,000. (I didnt have unlimited)

Brandie :)

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

The fact that you all have time to send thousands of texts a month is ridiculous.
Do you have lives?

Meggers

Meggers says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I have unlimited messaging and probably send about 5k a month...

Calling for Absolution

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

13,000 a month.(10,000 to one person) *giggles* father was mad, though I have unlimited. It usually goes around 7,000.

Chii-Chan.

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

>.> they have no life? ahaa still cool.

Brooke:)

Brooke:) says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Wooahhh.
That's madness right there.

Frida

Frida says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

oh geez! thats a lot!
im not that into texting
but thats amazing!

nicole

nicole says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is 0, ive never texted anyone ever

I

I says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record last month was 4,415. lol.

kungfumandapanda

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is about 15,000 a month :P

Michael V.

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

it's unlimited...wtf is the bill for!

Stargirl

Stargirl says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

like 1,600 texts.

ani

ani says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

unreal is right! omgg!

JustJenny...

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Hahaha!! Didn't they realise that unlimited texting isn't REALLY unlimited if you read the fine print?! That only gives you like 3000 a month lol

jEsNiCa

jEsNiCa says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

It's dumb about that $26,000 bill! It said UNLIMITED texting, and this does fall under that category! Stupid T-Mobile!

eliteskater08

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i have a life... i know... shocking right!? did you guys know that there is a big yellow glowing orb in the sky, people call it "the sun"!? crazy huh?

stasibabe

stasibabe says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

lol. the first month i had my phone, i made 10,024 texts. ha. i do WAY more now. :]

Aggie

Aggie says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I only do around 2K. lmao

Her

Her says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Wow , That's AMAZING ! Haha .
I Think I Send About 8,000 A Month [:

Maggie!

Maggie! says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i do 4,000+ a month

~RIP. LOWELL JAYNES!~

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i text around 15,000 a month. sometimes lower or higher depending on the monthh.
:D

zsarel

zsarel says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

wow i only text about 2,000 a month hahaha

Jacob Lynch

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i send bout 3000-5000 a month...haha or more... bout 700 a week or more..lol

Heydeexskittles

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

around 5,000

Ashie :)

Ashie :) says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Dam they are freakin beasts... mi record is like 7000 in a month

tonianne

tonianne says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

dudeee wtff do they even get any sleep? they must be texting 24/7, when i had texting i used to text like 4,000 a month

BIGHEAD1

BIGHEAD1 says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

My record is 35,000 msgs.

Patricia!

Patricia! says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

oh daaaaaaamn. Mine's prob just 3k haha ohmy

erica :)

erica :) says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

oh wow.
the most ive sent a month is like 20,000
but i have unlimited tho lol

STEVE

STEVE says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

omg wtf id rather die then pay that!

toledo™

toledo™ says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

haha, that's insane =]

Alli

Alli says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

wow my record is like 5000

Connor Augustine

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i recorded is like only 20,000. :D

MickTrill

MickTrill says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my highest was 15,000 but thats when I had a girlfriend,hah
now I'm about 8-10k.Lol

d00d

d00d says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

holy text

ashleigh

ashleigh says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is 16,034 :)

Taytaytnk

Taytaytnk says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

it's pathetic to read the comments of people's "records." if you are sending thousands of text messages a month you need to find a new hobby and learn how to talk on the phone.. my max is probably like 300. i usually only send probably about 80 a month

lelenini

lelenini says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

the most i sent was 22,000. and now i only send like 2,000 a month.

XxbekkaxX

XxbekkaxX says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

w0w mine is only about 2,500 or so

kaylaaa! :]

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

5,000 x]

LuckyLauren

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Wow...what a huge waste of time...

Laaaur!

Laaaur! says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

hahah, in four days i have like 3000 texts. :D

mollyelise.

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

about 5000

itsjoshuaclinton

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

They cheated though.
Sending spamming "lol" doesn't count?

mjmurderscene

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I don't know I don't count my texts...

JayTee

JayTee says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Mine's like 3,000+ a month. Now much less since I have BS Service and no one to text.

dogg_chick878

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Mines 2000

King Juan

King Juan says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i text like 20,000 every two weeks

Mallo[bar]

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Ouch. I kind of hope that they don't have to pay for it. But they also kind of deserve it. Haha

{Disturbed4life}

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i shun texting

UhlissUh Rose

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

My record is probably like 3k in a month.

LeAnah

LeAnah says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I probably text 5,000 texts a month or so, maybe a little more.

Jessica

Jessica says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

probably like 10,000 texts a monthh.

Vyvyan;;;

Vyvyan;;; says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

That is unreal, man. I don't text, though.

I

I says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

prolly around 5000 a month

J3NN!F3R(:

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

dang.

prettyface

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

that is insane!

fjgaray

fjgaray says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record is like 3,000 a month

Manda

Manda says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

That's really dumb if they have to pay for it... they have UNLIMITED texting. Not unlimited until you send alot of texts.

Miss Katlyn :)

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

this is stupid. i can not believe this is here

Share!*

Share!* says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

they so cheated!!! >.>

malosaurus

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I send about... 10,000 a month... I am a textaholic. I receive double that. I love unlimited texting.

Manic Muffin// Bunny!

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine probably like 10,000 a month. :] its fun

sailor syyd

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i think my record is like 5,000. theirs isn't fair though because i had actual conversations with people, not resending one word texts.

what!!!!...

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

karlos

karlos says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

like 2,000 tnks to metropcs

KittyVANITY™

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I do about 10,000 a month lol

The Vampire Renfield

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I don't get it... wtf is the point in sending out a bunch of pointless texts all day? They aren't even legit messages or conversations. I have unlimited texting, but I'm pretty sure my friends would ban me if I did that.

grindcoreXronnie

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

haha i go about 30,000 :P
my parents put a 15,000 message limit on my phone

it got that bad :P

Mustafa

Mustafa says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

well, if it's unlimited then they should be charged....i would sue t-mobile for sending me that bill since i already paid them. my record is 10,000? when i had unlimited...i missed those days. lol

cass-a-frass

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I send about 500 texts a day idk about a month though because it varies. I dont think they should get the world record because they said short phrases such as LOL and repeated themselves over and over so as far as them getting the record goes... i don't think they deserve it

MaryAnnMisery

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I feel like texting now.
:D

Michaelweeny

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine would be like 2,000 or something.

Taytaytnk

Taytaytnk says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Reading the comments, it seems that many of you are :
- dumb (given the platitude of the comments)
- socially handicapped (10.000 messages a months, at 30 seconds per message, means 300.000 seconds = 83 hours = the equivalent of TWO WEEKS OF A FULL-TIME JOB per month, spent losing your neurons texting people instead of talking to them.)

... In short, nothing to be proud, or to make fun of.

yay it

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I have 500 a month. I can't go over, LOL.

Now In Decaf

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I'm not sure how many I send but I think it would be around 2-5000 per month.

LiviixCore

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Haha xD I was at like 5,000 a month I think

Tahahahsha!!!

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i txt like crazyy!!!

Maddisonn :)

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

:|
I only send like 300 - 400 texts a month!
How can some people send so many?
Do you never see your friends?!

nmiacroilae

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

probably about 3500 a month (;

BROKENDOWNTEAM

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my unlimited txting is based on a "fair use policy" which means i get 1200 texts in a month, although I only send around 300 a month! so much for "unlimited" texting orange!

I.Rock.U.Dont.The.End.

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Wow

PenguinRawr!

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

its cheating, they sent repeats and short stuff. i mean when i text i say more than just hi or lol

WhyyJessica

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine's over 100k and that's not "trying" to send a zillion texts. it's just how much i actually DO text. which is lamer than trying i guess hahaha.

Rocker1217

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

Mine's About 7,000 a month! lol

deandra_jean

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

hahaha wow thats insane. I think my record was 7,000 I'm not sure though lol

Melinda

Melinda says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

it is cheating if you think about it. the article said they set up their phones to send multiple messages. How annoying would that be anyway getting that many texts a day??

Kaitlin;

Kaitlin; says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

April,most likely 7000.(:
weakkkk!

katie!

katie! says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

my record i think is the the 20,000s or 30,000s

Bomber00

Bomber00 says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

mine is about 4500 to 5000 but i dont txt 24/7 but almost

Bomber00

Bomber00 says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

its easier to call

cyndi.

cyndi. says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

ehh i dont think that counts
it wasnt actual conversations

wendy

wendy says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

woah,my highest was 2-3 thousand in a month, but i stopped

Alexandria!

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

pathedic

Megan

Megan says:
POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

i dont have a cell phone(:

ashlee2857

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I get about 400 - 500(and maybe more) texts a day. So, I don't how many that would be in a month... Haha. All I know is that I spend 98% of my time texting. Including in school.

Raychillkjhgfdsa=)

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

It shouldn't count. They cheated.!

BeccaMarie

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

24K

Shawn[x]Sanctuary

POSTED 6 MONTHS AGO

I send about like 13,000 texts a month


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