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International SMS to Greece not working
For some months now, I have not been able to receive SMS messages from Greece, and the ones I send do not reach them either. This is through two different devices, and a friend (who also has T-Mobile...
drnewcomb wrote:
ljv wrote:
drnewcomb wrote:The Greek number.
- Ironically, it is a COSMOTE number, another Deutsche Telecom company, just like T-Mobile.
Right. That's what I wanted to check. 697's been a COSMOTE prefix for at least 20 years. I've got no explanation for this.
Yeah, I have been texting to that number for years. Something changed in the message relay path in December, but T-Mobile has been unable to fix it (or been willing to). Incidentally, I do not get incoming messages from that country from other carriers also. I wonder if that is the kind of thing they may eventually fix on their own. Then again, it has been almost 5 months...
