Well i for one, when i send an sms to some MTN numbers from my orange number i get a delivery report as delivered and some i get failed yet they all get delivered. So is the problem an MTN one or an orange problem. Though i also chose to ignore the status of those reports i cant help but wonder considering an end user who is a lay-man.
On 17 August 2010 13:41, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: > well... I know that if I sms an MTN number from my UTL line, I get a > successful delivery report, but when I do so with my orange line to an mtn > number, I always get delivery failed report. At times, even when the message > has been delivered. A quick check on the orange side shows the delivery > report of a failure at MTN to deliver my message, albeit being received. I > have learnt to send and ignore the status report. > > calling a utl line from orange, the lady at utl tells you how the number you > have called is not available on the utl network :-/ call it off any other > network and you go through #:-s > > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:11 PM, simbwa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Read a post on delayed mail & thought I could also raise the issue of >> delayed SMS delivery esp. when it's coming from a different provider (not >> sure but could the problem be around the switch or it's just the SMSGW >> that's stressed!) . May be someone on this list could enlighten us on >> what's happening & when we can expect things to normalize. To reproduce what >> am talking about, proceed as follows: >> 1. Install & configure kannel 1.4.3 >> 2. Use a GSM modem of any other operator but MTN ( I use the orange E160) >> 3. In your preferred scripting/programming language; write an app to send >> bulk SMS (I use python) >> 4. If you have an MTN line, include your number say 4/5 times in the >> recipient list ( which could have numbers of other networks) >> 5. The first MTN number(recipient) will recieve the SMS shortly but the >> rest get kind of delayed or in some cases never delivered. >> 6. I figured, may be my script was over pushing. So I included some rate >> control method in the bulk class...(played with rates upto 1sms per 3sec) >> --- no change! >> 7. Looked @bearerbox log (boxes running in debug mode)... I couldn't see >> anything unusual. The SMS traffic gets to the orange SMSC ( I also get >> billed for all the messages) >> 8. Visited the orange HQ to verify with them, and from the printout they >> showed me, all my traffic was recieved & duly sent to MTN (for MTN numbers). >> >> >> Sent from iPhone Mobile Mail >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > > > -- > Mike > > Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in > a million chances happen 99% of the time. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Roy Mukasa MUK FCIT +256794291110 _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
