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New Year's Texts
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TheFirstCut
01-01-2008
Must be loads of people sending texts, I can't get any through using Virgin Mobile, Three, Vodafone or Orange SIMs.
TUTV Viewer
01-01-2008
Haven't been able to send a text on Orange PAYG or contract since 23.30.
firefliesuk
01-01-2008
MIne all sent ok.... who knws whether they reached my friends though
notoriousdbp
01-01-2008
Orange contract here, can't get through to anyone. One received though from a mate on vodafone
TheFirstCut
01-01-2008
I've now received replies to some of the ones sent via Virgin Mobile even though they have come up failed and not displayed Sent OK in the details.
Deanparkr
01-01-2008
Only sent a few texts on Virgin Mobile out of many more. Loads of "unable to send" in outbox

No delivery reports but texts being recieved.

I thought it was going to be much better this year?
trianglethief
01-01-2008
Erm, it's New Years Day...
Last edited by trianglethief : 01-01-2008 at 00:43
notoriousdbp
01-01-2008
Originally Posted by trianglethief:
“Erm, it's New Years Day...”

Erm it's new years day, this happens every year and proves that the networks don't allow the capacity needed for an occasion such as midnight on new years eve
Sananda Maitreya
01-01-2008
Originally Posted by notoriousdbp:
“ the networks don't allow the capacity needed for an occasion such as midnight on new years eve”

should they?
notoriousdbp
01-01-2008
in case of an emergency perhaps - like a bomb going off or something like that
notoriousdbp
01-01-2008
Originally Posted by trianglethief:
“Erm, it's New Years Day...”

lol
PDJames
01-01-2008
Havent been able to make any calls or send any texts since midnight on Orange
Sananda Maitreya
01-01-2008
Originally Posted by notoriousdbp:
“in case of an emergency perhaps - like a bomb going off or something like that”

unlikely to be as many people trying to send texts because of a local bomb as at new year's.
squawkBOX
01-01-2008
It appears to be a bit of a hit and miss for me on 3. SMS appear to be slightly delayed at the moment however MMS messages are going through without any trouble.
TheFirstCut
01-01-2008
Text messages aren't priority traffic, they just get sent when there's spare capacity for them to go.
blueboy
01-01-2008
Originally Posted by squawkBOX:
“It appears to be a bit of a hit and miss for me on 3. SMS appear to be slightly delayed at the moment however MMS messages are going through without any trouble.”

Sent 10 MMS on 3 network at 11.45. All went ok. Sent another at 12.05 and still has not gone.

One reply only from another 3 user.
nicolawalters@b
01-01-2008
Hi, I've been trying to send messages on my orange phone since 23:30 - one is still in my outbox, but my sister swears she rec'd it - the others just won't budge. Its well over an hour since new year - for me at least this is worse than last year!
starlingdarling
01-01-2008
They say we will send 300 million texts over the next 24 hours. Might have to wait a while for the backlog to get through.
TheFirstCut
01-01-2008
Originally Posted by nicolawalters@b:
“Hi, I've been trying to send messages on my orange phone since 23:30 - one is still in my outbox, but my sister swears she rec'd it - the others just won't budge. Its well over an hour since new year - for me at least this is worse than last year!”

Your sister could well have received it, even though it's still in the outbox waiting to send, I've received replies to messages I've sent that were still stuck in the outbox as sending failed.
ney
01-01-2008
Im managed to get 1 or 2 text sent just after 1am on my 02 but some text tane 10mins or so to arrive other end. One text never arrived till I got up just after 9am. I texted my friends Voda this morning about 9am and the first text arrived ok but the second one never said it arrived after being sent and I know there voda is on but as they may still be in bed I cant phone them till about lunch time. So text voda from my 02 maybe still playing up a little

Darren
prking
01-01-2008
Is anyone really surprised that messages take a little longer at this time of year?
gocat
01-01-2008
Not surprised there were problems but surprised that the messages all seem to go ok before 12 but not after 12. I sent and received loads before 12 ok. But the few I sent after 12 were failed. Couldnt send any again till about 2a.m.
I am surprised at this as most people I know were sending messages New Years Eve (i.e. before 12) and not New Years day (i.e. after 12) which was when the problems seem to occur
KeiranW
01-01-2008
I couldnt get any to send on Orange or Three but the O2 worked even the calls would connect (after three goes).

Orange texts have started coming through now and the Three's came about ~2-3am.
paulbeattie87
01-01-2008
T-mobile worked great again this year no delay in sending messages even minutes after midnight calls were connecting fine most of the time it was the receiving network failing to handle the call and diverting it to voicemail.
PhilH36
01-01-2008
On Virgin mobile,most of those I sent were showing as pending for several hours,eventually changing to delivered,two of them eventually came up as failed and another as not sent,sent to these people again then got multiple delivery reports for the same number,so not sure if some people got their text more than once! A friend text me this morning,tried to reply three times and keep getting failed,not sure which network they're on so have now emailed them instead!
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