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Text never arrived - any explanation?

My son sent me a text a couple of days ago which I never received.
We both have Orange contracts.
It only came to light because he had been away on exercise (with no communication) & we were eager to hear from him. I checked his useage online & saw a text had been sent to me but it has NEVER arrived. The Orange shop checked that I'd not accidentally blocked incoming stuff from him, I hadn't but they couldn't offer any explanation. I have heard from him since, but wonder what happened. Any ideas??

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  • Tony5101
    Tony5101 Posts: 1,589 Forumite
    First Post Combo Breaker
    unfortunately - receipt of text messages have NEVER been guaranteed.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,142 Community Admin
    Name Dropper First Post Photogenic
    Could be anything. Transient fault at a cell, message corruption & consequent discard etc. As Tony5101 says no guarantees on delivery and definitely no guarantees on real time delivery although the public expect it.
  • Message curruption, what a lovely phrase. Many thanks!
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