Is it me or is texting not reliable?

[Ant]

Hello.

Others' and my contacts' textings seem to get lost (deliver/receiv)ed,
etc. on various platforms (iPhones, Windows, Androids, etc.). I noticed
even phones' textings directly aren't always reliable. I can understand
if the connections suck, but they don't even seem to retry even if done
manually on good connections.

It is even worse through AIM and e-mails (e.g., ***@tmomail.net)
from computers and Internet. Once in a while, the errors do come up but
they don't say much in details.

Do SMS providers have filters or something?

Thank you in advance. :)

[tlvp]

Post by Ant
Others' and my contacts' textings seem to get lost (deliver/receiv)ed,
etc. on various platforms (iPhones, Windows, Androids, etc.). I noticed
even phones' textings directly aren't always reliable.

Quite true: some SMS just never get through; others get through, but with
horrendous delay (I've known up to 6 hours, but also just 15 minutes); many
do get right through, though, within seconds of having hit Send.

Makes SMS a less-than-foolproof 2-Factor authentication method :-) .

But whatcha gonna do? Cheers, -- tlvp

[Ant]

Post by tlvp

Post by Ant
Others' and my contacts' textings seem to get lost (deliver/receiv)ed,
etc. on various platforms (iPhones, Windows, Androids, etc.). I noticed
even phones' textings directly aren't always reliable.

Quite true: some SMS just never get through; others get through, but with
horrendous delay (I've known up to 6 hours, but also just 15 minutes); many
do get right through, though, within seconds of having hit Send.
Makes SMS a less-than-foolproof 2-Factor authentication method :-) .
But whatcha gonna do? Cheers, -- tlvp

That sucks. And they never return if they never make it through. :(