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The next time you think that your text message was ignored or she or he went radio dark......

micktoz 43 Reviews 2093 reads

posted 9 years ago

............. think about this.

Last night I was texted by a beautiful lady that I have a 10:30am appointment with today. She was checking to see if I was still going to see her. I had made the appointment a couple of days ago.

She texted me at 5:58pm and I answered "Yes please." at 6:04pm.

Believing that I had answered, i went about the rest of my evening.

This morning at 8:19am, she texts me " I wasn't sure. I'm free now till 10am then available the rest of the day after 11:30"
Me 8:20am "I thought we were doing 10:30?"
Her " I'm so sorry, I didn't hear anything back last night, so i wasn't sure"
Me 8:32 "Is 11:30 ok?"
Me 8:59 " did you get this?"
Her 9:06 " You got it!"

the point is that my answer at 6:04pm saying "yes please" wasn't received by her till 8:02am today!! That time is showing on my phone because I get that service. My phone showed the time I sent it and when it was received.

I have verizon and never have these kind of problems. She has T-mobile, which in my experience has these kind of problems sporadically.

The moral to the story is......... Before you believe that he or she went radio dark on you, think about the technology being faulty.

Aaargh. Sure has thrown my day into a bit of a mess.

ATLDAWG9 years ago44 reads

Verizon

I switched to Verizon several years ago due to the coverage, etc.....in the past 3 weeks-post hurricane-my Verizon texts have often been delayed in sending and in receiving. Sometimes I have to send a text 5 or 6 times to see that it went thru. Sometimes there is a 2 to 4 hour delay in receipt of a text from the time it was sent.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue ?

I am going to Verizon store this afternoon to see if there is something wrong with the phone.......but....I doubt that to be something they will acknowledge if that is the case....

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priyarainelle9 years ago63 reads

These kinds of things happen with mobile or email

This is why I don’t really do any scheduling/confirmation via text- I usually handle via email. (I know it’s not issue-proof, but more reliable to me than via text)

I have had incidents where I called a cell number for someone I know and an entirely different person answered. Also, where someone is delayed in getting my text. If she’s using google voice or anything similar, it could also aggravate the issue more in terms of getting through your network, to google voice, and then through her network to her phone.

The worst is when you thought you sent something but never pressed Send!! Or replied in your head but the thought never translated to real action. Ughhh