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SMS Messaging Unreliable

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-lot-of-misses dept.

Lovejoy writes "From a Reuters story: Keynote announced today that in its two-week, 26,000 message test-period 7.5% of its text messages never reached their destinations Ouch. I don't have SMS - Is this report consistent with your experience?"

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  1. Old news by Gothmolly · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Again, recycled from Yahoo! news.

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  2. Why not just call? by NineNine · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Could somebody please explain why somebody would willingly squint at a tiny screen, and peck at a tiny keyboard to type out some message, reminiscent of the days of the telegraph, instead of just dialing the same damn phone and, god forbid, actually *speak* to someone? I have no idea how much "SMS" costs, and I really can't be bothered to go from virtually free voice calls (after the monthly fee) to hunting and pecking lines of text on the phone.

  3. Re:Works Here by edrugtrader · · Score: 1, Redundant

    shit, i could confirm that you've received every email you've received too!

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