martinm
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martinr said:Cap'n Chris said:If the majority of cave and mountain rescue teams are OK using texts nowadays, why shouldn't we be?
Because text messaging is unreliable?
For several months now, my wife's phone has not been receiving any of the text messages I send her. This is despite me having confirmation messages on my phone saying they have been delivered successfully. We are both on EE 3g. After multiple calls to EE help desk (who have been really helpful), a solution has not been found (have tried factory resets, updating software, swapping sim cards, using sim cards in other handsets, etc etc)
Exactly my point. I've got (or did have) the RFCs and specs for SMS/MMS services and the fact that you have got confirmation messages doesn't mean that they've been received by the recipient, only that they've been successfully delivered to the relevant mobile network, where they go after that is a little akin to 'black magic'. If there are problems with the network or connection strength, etc. then they can can get lost.
Email with a read receipt is a much better bet, but you've got to make sure the message has been read b4 u go underground. Best just to phone someone from somewhere you've got a signal b4 you descend into one of the valleys where you'll have no signal. (I get no signal in the Manifold Valley, so I'd have to make the call up on high ground, somewhere like Wetton maybe.)
Oh, and don't leave paper notices on view in your vehicle, cos that just tells any thief how long they've got to nick your stuff. We've had a lot of that sort of thing in the Peak over the years, trust me!