ALL TEXT MESSAGING capabilities for DOE account holders will be disabled

Below is the notice that NYC DOE employees recently received. Wondering what the Classroom 2.0 community thinks of this policy.

"ALL TEXT MESSAGING capabilities for DOE account holders will be disabled
FY10 ACCOUNT CHANGES - ALL TEXT MESSAGING capabilities for DOE account holders will be disabled effective 7/15/09, “with the exception of the Parent Coordinators’ cell phones accounts”.

It was a NYCDOE policy decision to disable the text messaging feature from all DOE issued devices. The rational for the disabling this service is all devices provided are for DOE business related communication and this communication must be documented. It is the DOE position that communication thru text messaging is primarily for “personal use”. "