Txts to / from Vodafone very unreliable?

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#97229 14-Feb-2012 16:24

My wife is on Vodafone and I'm on Telecom XT. We had no issues with Txts for months but in the past 2-3 weeks we have received messages from each other as much as 14 hours after they were originally sent.

Most often, they are timely - about 85% of the time. The other 15% you might receive in an hour or two....or 10.....or maybe even later.

Anyone else seeing tihs?

I don't know where the fault is, but I'm posting this in the Telecom forum because I'm on Telecom.

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#581422 14-Feb-2012 16:27

Linuxluver: My wife is on Vodafone and I'm on Telecom XT. We had no issues with Txts for months but in the past 2-3 weeks we have received messages from each other as much as 14 hours after they were originally sent.?

Most often, they are timely - about 85% of the time. The other 15% you might receive in an hour or two....or 10.....or maybe even later. ?

Anyone else seeing tihs?

I don't know where the fault is, but I'm posting this in the Telecom forum because I'm on Telecom.

Thats why i use email instead. Far more reliable than texting between networks, and cheaper to if you are on a good dataplan. It was less than a decade ago when you couldn't text between networks, and so I have never got used to it.

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#581425 14-Feb-2012 16:34

My wife's on TC and I am on VF. Always had issues with txt delays between the two providers, sometimes several hours. Each one just blamed the other when we attempted to follow it up once. But I must admit it has been bad today for VF to TC at least. A txt this morning arrived around 30 minutes later on her phone, and one I sent at 2:20pm still hasn't shown up (1 1/2 hrs and counting).

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#581432 14-Feb-2012 16:44

Please note this afternoon there has been a issue with SMS from Vodafone -> Telecom. Telecom have resolved the issue and back log is clearing

This should be cleared in the next 60 minutes (approx)

Any SMS sent after the issue was resolved with be delivered straight away (these bypass the buffer / Store)

John

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#581441 14-Feb-2012 17:01

If anyone has a recent example (excluding this afternoon) let me know I can take a look Vodafone -> Telecom not Telecom -> Vodafone (I have asked Telecom for access and they declined) Not sure why??

John

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#581454 14-Feb-2012 17:20

I had this problem earlier today. The message sent to Telecom (after quite some time) but I never got the message back. PM sent.

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#581457 14-Feb-2012 17:22

codyc1515: I had this problem earlier today. The message sent to Telecom (after quite some time) but I never got the message back. PM sent.

Read my message above again please! SMS que is still clearing / example excluding this afternoon

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#581478 14-Feb-2012 17:55

johnr:
codyc1515: I had this problem earlier today. The message sent to Telecom (after quite some time) but I never got the message back. PM sent.

Read my message above again please! SMS que is still clearing / example excluding this afternoon

John

Ah, ok, must have missed/misread that bit...
I did get the message a while after your post.

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#581695 15-Feb-2012 10:40

johnr: Please note this afternoon there has been a issue with SMS from Vodafone -> Telecom. Telecom have resolved the issue and back log is clearing

This should be cleared in the next 60 minutes (approx)

Any SMS sent after the issue was resolved with be delivered straight away (these bypass the buffer / Store)

John

Thanks, John. :-)

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#581696 15-Feb-2012 10:42

mattwnz:
Thats why i use email instead. Far more reliable than texting between networks, and cheaper to if you are on a good dataplan. It was less than a decade ago when you couldn't text between networks, and so I have never got used to it.

I can see email killing txt eventually. As you say, it's more reliable, cheaper...and for me, more versatile (global reach, attachments, cc: and Bcc:)

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#581699 15-Feb-2012 10:46

Email, SMS are both best-effort. The most reliable thing is a voice call: you know for sure the message has been received.

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#581701 15-Feb-2012 10:48

freitasm: Email, SMS are both best-effort. The most reliable thing is a voice call: you know for sure the message has been received.