Delivery Reports

Fidelis

Delivery Reports, used to confirm the delivery of an SMS to it's destination.

I'm polling this because most of my friends use the feature, but apparently, a large percentage of the population don't use them. I think it's a handy service to have.

Simply, do you use them?

ondafly

i use it sometimes - but some people I think "abuse" it a way - they see its been received and "expect" an immediate answer !

okonski

I would imagine people don't use it because it increases their message costs by 100%. You didn't think it was free did you? <g>

bkehoe

If they cost extra then I've certainly not been paying extra over the last few years . Other than my latest bill saying I sent a text message to taiwan, there are no unexpected charges.

Fidelis

Originally posted by okonski
You didn't think it was free did you?

okonski, it doesn't cost a penny!

mooman_00

Originally posted by okonski
I would imagine people don't use it because it increases their message costs by 100%. You didn't think it was free did you? <g>

You've a healthy imigination. For the rest of us its free and always has been since txt messaging came about.

oneweb

Always use them. Although had the expiry set to max and started getting failure reports several months later :rolleyes: So I've set it to 3 days now.

Where do people get the idea that they're charged for delivery reports? I've never been. (on O2)

byte

I don't get charged for delivery reports either, with Vodafone RTG. Mind you, they charge enough as it is for sending text messages! :rolleyes:

Repli

They are dead handy if it's an urgent message knowing if someone got it.. Ive never been charged for them once in my whole life i don't think anyone has

ciderandhavoc

When they came out first, they were great fun, you could tell when someone turned their phone on, and then play with their minds.

Ah the age of my yoof - how fast it has past.......

Stephen

When I had a nokia I never used them because of the annoying way they were treated exactly the same as an incoming text message. I use them all the time on my SonyEricsson phone though, it just beeps when the message is delivered and places a tick-mark beside the relevant message in the "sent messages" folder. Handy.

Lukin Black

The latest Nokias (well at least the 3510(i) and 5100) just put up the new message icon, and don't ring like a new message. Although if you don't delete it, and then you get a new message, it'll say "Two New Messages", even though one's the delivery report. :rolleyes:

RichyX

I haven't used delivery reports since I started using Nokia's.
Even on the newer Nokia's (3510i and 7250i that i have) the system is just as sh*te.
Always used them on my good old Siemens M35 though.

greg_f

I never use them because if youi sent a msg to someone and they have there fone turned off than it puts the status to pending status and in extreme times can block new incomming sms till the pending status is cleared and this does happen sorry to say,so if you were ever woundering y u got an sms late than that might explain it

Lukin Black

I've a friend who annoyingly keeps turning his phone off, and so I have reports for pending delivery for ages, but it never affects my incoming messages. I'm on Voodoofone btw, he's on O2.