That is the most the Glyde can handle to send to anyone... Not just to other people outside Verizon. On the Glyde it only shows you can input 160 characters...On my old White Chocolate that was the max characters as well. I have been with Verizon for 8 years so that's all I know you can text is 160 characters. You might want to just call and talk to the person if you need to text more than that.... LOL

....What phone did you have on the previous carrier ?