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[xlittlelambx]

1. PowerSMS can send scheduled texts, as well as group texts. http://www.trinketsoftware.com/PowerSMS/

2. Have you thought about using 3rd party apps? Nimbuzz and Pidgin are a couple of programs I know of that support multipl eIM platforms.

3. On your mobile browser, go here: http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1
You'll probably have to choose the larger file size to do the test (I choose 1mb)

Hope that helps.