Re: texst to a landline

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 3 Jan 2025 13:38:34 +0000, 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?

 
I don't know. I don't think so.  For several years I have beeen the
contact person for the people who plow (plough?) our streets when it
snows.  I saw the contract  yesterday and it has my landline first, and
my cell number.  I'm still living in the 1950's and I envisioned them
calling me on the phone, but now I see they send texts.  I got one on
the cell a year ago and another yesterday.  I've never gotten any
message from them on my landline, so I wonder if they tried and realized
it wasn't accepting texts and they switched to the other number.

  Sigh! As you have a landline, why don't *you* try/test it, instead of
asking here for an impossible to give answer (because it depends on your
and their telco and setups).

  If it works for you, it will also work for them, because in that test
your landline telco and their setup is the deciding factor.

  If it does not work for you, it doesn't mean it doesn't work for them,
so it's undecided and the only things you can do is ask them to test it
or remove your landline number from their contact list. In most cases,
the 'customer', i.e. you, should be able to do that themselves, but that
depends on how customer-friendly their IT is.

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