Re: Sending SMS from UK to abroad

Chris73 · ‎13-01-2021

Hello I'm recently just joined O2 and when I'm sending a text to a friend who lives in the Netherlands he's receiving the text from a random number. My number isn't coming up. A completely different number is coming up every time I text him. The random numbers change every time. My friend has an iPhone 11 and I have a Samsung galaxy s20. When I call him my correct number comes up it's only when texting that the random numbers pop up.

gmarkj · ‎13-01-2021

Have you brought in a number from another network?
It does take a few days to catch up if so.

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MI5 · ‎13-01-2021

@Chris73

Sounds likely to be a problem with the way your friends network is handling the sms.

They pass through different gateways on route and can get corrupted on the way.

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