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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?"

4 of 544 comments (clear)

  1. post.first = true; by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can you say full ride? I'll see you around.

  2. You Expected Better? by John+Hasler · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't have it either: I don't even have a cell phone. However, why would you expect reliability from a medium marketed for teenyboppers to use to exchange insults and love notes?

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  3. Unreliable never! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is my take on the whole subject:

    http://wolf.cyberstreet.net/index.php?ref=327369

  4. still better than by Archfeld · · Score: 1, Troll

    general public email delivery rate.

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    errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?