On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:08:59 GMT, John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com>
wrote:
: On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:32:07 GMT, Mike M <mikasn@swbell.net> wrote in
: <byz7h.13951$yl4.1754@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com >:
:
: >John Navas wrote:
: >> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:34:55 GMT, Mike M <mikasn@swbell.net> wrote in
: >> <3rt7h.4711$yE6.4269@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com> :
: >>
: >>> This is obviously a Cingular problem, as I had the same problem last
: >>> year.
: >>
: >> It's actually probably a 3rd-party gateway problem.
: >>
: >>> All of the sudden some texts would complete and some would
: >>> not-even if they were all to local Cingular customers. After several
: >>> attempts I got an experienced CS rep, who transferred me directly to the
: >>> tech deptartment and the guy said he would fix the problem and follow up
: >>> to make sure it worked. Two days later I received a call, and by then
: >>> they had already started working.
: >>> No reason you should have to use +1 to send texts.
: >>
: >> If course not, but no harm, and it might help in the short run.
: >> "OF"
: >the harm would be that in the long run it would not solve the problem.
:
: On the contrary -- there is _no_ harm whatsoever, and it might also help
: in the long run. All of my phone numbers are entered that way, which
: may explain why I have so few problems.
:
: >P.S. please don't mince words. Thanks
:
: You're pretty much the first person to accuse me of that. LOL!

Possibly because he's using the term in its literal sense, akin to "splitting
hairs". I don't suppose you're Usenet's No. 1 hairsplitter by any means, but
you do probably rank in the top fifty.

Anyway, back to the topic ...

From lurking in this newsgroup for a few days, and from a couple of Google
searches, I've tentatively concluded that Cingular's text messaging feature
depends on a decentralized group of "messaging centers" and that users in
different parts of the country are defaulted to different centers via a
setting in their phones. Do you think it might help solve Mike's problem to
find that setting and try one or more different centers? Possibly the problem
is localized to the center in his area. I ask you because you seem to be
pretty well steeped in Cingular's lore and practices, at least relative to
others in the group.

Bob