What's a nickel or two between friends? A lot, actually, if you're a text-happy T-Mobile subscriber without an unlimited plan.

The wireless provider just upped the price of its text messages from $.15 to $.20. The change, which goes into effect on August 29th, matches similar raises from Sprint, who bumped up their per text charge to $.20 in October of last year and Verizon, who raised their postpaid customer charges from $.15 to $.20 (depending on their plan, prepaid Verizon subscribers pay between $.02 an $.10 per text).

It's probably not the biggest squeeze in this age of $5 gas, but it may make users think twice before firing off that LOL SMS.