Can texts go missing/not get delivered?

[piratecat]

Just normal text to normal phone. I do remember vaguely that this has happened top me in the past.

[BellaBear]

yes

or not get delivered for a few days

[itati]

My MIL never gets my texts but my FIL gets his straight away from me

[zippitippitoes]

yes they sometimes suddenly arrive in the next day or two

or possibly not at all

have you not heard from your man

[MamaG]

defo piratecat. I was texting a neighbour (!) one day who lives 10 yards from me, makikng some arrangements. One of the texts sent in the middle of the exchange didn't arrive until 3am in the morning

[zippitippitoes]

yes it is one reason for not leaving the phone on overnight..getting woken up by some inane text sent 18 hours earlier at 4 am

and then you tell the sender and they get mortified

[Pinkchampagne]

Yes, happens to me a lot. Not so much that my texts don't send, but my boyfriend has sent me texts that have never arrived. He then texts to say "Oi, why aren't you talking to me?!" I then explain I haven't had a message! They often never arrive, but sometimes come ages later.

[geordieminx]

It is extremely rare for them just to disappear into mobile space, but due to congestion/receipient being area of poor coverage they can be delayed.

((((telecoms engineer in previous life)))))

[laidbackinengland]

Yes, DH sent me 8 texts over the course of Wednesday, they all arrived together on Thursday !

[zippitippitoes]

it sometimes happens to me when i havent succeeded in sending a message for some reason that blocks all incoming

[itati]

I think this is something that needs to be sorted. I remember that poor woman who was murdered, she texted for help and it was hours and hours later that it arrived. Too late by then.

[beaniesteve]

It happens but not often.

[piratecat]

zippi no !!

thanks all.

[snorkle]

It's not a guaranteed delivery service and yes they do occasionally get lost in space, but it's generally fairly reliable.