Too Much

All I want is a simple texting service for my home phone.
As home phone service becomes obsolete - a new niche for providers must be created.

Caption Phone does just that - but for deaf clients... and at a premium.

Wouldn't a simple home phone texting service do the same thing, and for less?

Desirable services are supposed to make things easier - not more complex.
Verizon effed up in thinking that the world would buy a hybrid telephone/computer.
What is really needed is a simple texting service for home phones for those days when you don't really feel like talking to the person with whom you're trying to keep in touch

Secure Kid

Secure Kid is a service that provides GPS ankle attached tracking devices for rent at theme parks, county fairs, beaches and cruise ships - anywhere a parent might be concerned about losing contact with their children.

The devices come in bright colors (or black) and an ink packet explodes if forcefully removed without the magnetic release device. (Think; Those little white anti-theft tabs on clothing.)

A parent can locate the whereabouts of their child by punching in their code and viewing one of the many maps placed throughout any venue (or by punching in their code on any Internet accessible phone).