More Americans say they have received SMS spam than eat breakfast

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A recent infographic from Tatango caught my eye this week. Aside from the headline finding that 68% of the population is affected by text message spam (and only 60% eat breakfast!) around 1 in 8 Americans don't have a text messaging plan and end up paying for the SMS spam they receive. Despite some pretty stiff penalties being given out by the FCC the volume of spam texts continues to rise. Unwanted texts are enough of an irritation in their own right but if you are one of the 12% of the population that has to pay up to 20 cents per message to receive them then this is going to be a big problem.