How do text messages vs MMS messages get delivered on phones?

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The reason I’m asking is because iMessage has been down for a most of our customers. We routinely send messages 500-700 characters long and have zero problems over iMessage. Now that we’re sending them via MMS, one of two things happens:

1) The message gets “undelivered” 5-7 times (takes 15-30 seconds each attempt)

2) The message will go through on it’s first attempt

I’m curious what’s actually happening with an MMS and why most of the time it takes 5-7 times to get delivered and seems to shut down the “messages” app for 30 seconds each time. Also, why after 7 attempts will it suddenly deliver in 3 seconds after I hit send?

iMessage has been having problems since Wednesday and since this is happening all day, I’m genuinely curious why regular long messages get constantly rejected, and only after 7 attempts will the phone actually “deliver” the MMS messages.

Sorry if the terminology is wrong.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

I cannot send or receive MMS messages with my Cell plan. SMS only. I can receive IMessages as they are not through the cellular network.

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