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Text from Verizon about increasing number of characters in text to non-Verizon devices
Taliesin0218
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‎02-18-2010 08:46 PM

I got a text the other day (as well as everyone in my family) that Verizon was going to increase the number of characters you could have in a text to a non-Verizon device from 160 to 1140.  It was supposed to have taken effect January 19th or something.  Anyone know anything about this?  Hoax?

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Re: Text from Verizon about increasing number of characters in text to non-Verizon devices
SuzyQ
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‎02-18-2010 08:53 PM

No, not a hoax.  You can now send 160+ and it will split the message into 2 or more pages/messages and send. 

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Dalejrfan88
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‎02-19-2010 03:24 PM

I got a text this AM that said I could now text non verizon customers up to 1120 characters, is this real?  So if I keep typing a message past 160 characters, will it just be sent as two messages?

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SuzyQ
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‎02-22-2010 04:13 PM

Depending on their carrier, it will be received as two or more messages.  Verizon used to cut the messages at 160 - that's been modified so it now sends the full message broken into 160 character "pages".

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tholos
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‎02-22-2010 10:33 PM

When I am texting someone on a non-verizon carrier, they tell me that my text just gets cut off, and there is no second text message sent, any idea why? I got the same text with the broken into segment information this morning

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budone
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‎02-22-2010 10:46 PM

 

tholos wrote:

When I am texting someone on a non-verizon carrier, they tell me that my text just gets cut off, and there is no second text message sent, any idea why? I got the same text with the broken into segment information this morning

 

It could be the receivers carrier only accepts 160 character texts. However the major carriers my friends have all accept longer texts.

 

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tholos
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‎02-22-2010 10:53 PM

Does AT&T accept more than 160?

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budone
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‎02-22-2010 11:04 PM

 

tholos wrote:

Does AT&T accept more than 160?

 

I never had my son say he didnt receive all my msg and I have sent messages over 160 characters.

 

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tholos
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‎02-23-2010 12:27 AM

Okay, well I don't know if maybe it's the person I'm texting but they say it's cutting off after 160 characters and there isn't a second message, and they are on AT&T

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budone
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‎02-23-2010 03:32 AM

 

tholos wrote:

Okay, well I don't know if maybe it's the person I'm texting but they say it's cutting off after 160 characters and there isn't a second message, and they are on AT&T

 

Be happy to a point. There are many on here upset because the messages they send to ATT subscribers never make it

 

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