Looks like there was a fun little bug within the text messaging infrastructure that caused some havoc this morning. Texts sent out months to years ago were delivered to the carriers, but never to the intended person. That is until this morning.
Made for a fun morning at work today for sure.
We are still waiting for proper acknowledgement and an explanation from all of the major wireless carriers, but it appears there was a snafu with text message delivery that affected them all last night. Social media is aflame with reports of text messages being delivered overnight, which were originally sent on (or around) Valentine’s Day. Though there are some reports that messages over two years old were sent as well.
The text messages appeared to have been received by the carriers when originally sent, or at least delivered to the wireless carriers’ servers, without alerting the senders to any errors. But those messages were either never properly delivered or duplicates were sent out to the intended recipients.
Awkward! Your Mushy Valentine’s Day Texts May Have Just Been Delivered Last Night
Made for a fun morning at work today for sure.
We are still waiting for proper acknowledgement and an explanation from all of the major wireless carriers, but it appears there was a snafu with text message delivery that affected them all last night. Social media is aflame with reports of text messages being delivered overnight, which were originally sent on (or around) Valentine’s Day. Though there are some reports that messages over two years old were sent as well.
The text messages appeared to have been received by the carriers when originally sent, or at least delivered to the wireless carriers’ servers, without alerting the senders to any errors. But those messages were either never properly delivered or duplicates were sent out to the intended recipients.
Awkward! Your Mushy Valentine’s Day Texts May Have Just Been Delivered Last Night