Re: texst to a landline

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

micky wrote:
 

When someone unknowingly sends a text to a landline, does he get some
indication back that the text did not reach the destination, because it
can't receive texts?

 
Here in the UK, text messages *can* be delivered to landlines, either to
text-capable phones using an extension of the caller-ID delivery
mechanism, or via a robot voice ... don't you have similar over there?

  For my setup in The Netherlands (Vodafone mobile, Ziggo VOIP landline
(via cable Internet) it does not work. Landline phone doesn't ring, SMS
on the smartphone silently fails, but is charged by Vodafone :-).

  But this of course depends on the telcos and setups at either end, so
I think one can not give a definite answer for a particular country (let
alone worldwide), unless *all* telcos and setups in that country provide
this functionality, which is unlikely, especially in 'civilized'
countries where there are umpteen of telcos and setups.