As I’ve mentioned in the past, US mobile carriers really seem to dislike texting. T-Mobile is raising its rates fro 15 cents/text to 20 cents/text. It was as little as 10 cents/text about 18 months or so ago. However, it might be a good thing for T-Mobile subscribers who want to break their contract to go buy an iPhone 3G from AT&T Wireless. According to this RCR article…

T-Mobile USA subscribers get an out: Carrier raises texting fee

…this may constitute a material change of the contract you currently have and lets you get an early out of their contract without paying termination fees.