Texts between 3 and german Vodafone

hosi

How knows the reason why my text messages from "3" don't arrive to my friend in Germany (Vodafone)? I don't get his messages as well :rolleyes:

Of course when I try to send a text from irish voda it works fine.

Any suggestions?

Sam Vimes

they probably don't have a text agreement with the network he's on. give them a ring and confirm

Urban Weigl

If 3 don't have an SMS agreement with Vodafone in Germany that would be hilarious, considering that they use Vodafone here in Ireland to carry their calls where they do not have coverage yet.

rogue-entity

Vodafone DE and E-Plus have more or less equal coverage AFAIK, and no doubt, Vodafone DE is asking for extortionate terms to "peer" with 3, so 3 probably peered with the cheapest operator, at least this way we can use our phones in Germany. 3 are concentrating on getting coverage with at least one operator in most countries, then they will worry about the very minor things like international texting.

Urban Weigl

First of all, Vodafone in Germany has significantly better coverage than E-Plus. But more relevant, he wasn't trying to roam there. He was using his 3 phone in Ireland at the time the problem occurred.

Roaming is a different matter altogether.

rogue-entity

Coverage asside, roaming agreements => Text agreements, few if any operators sign text-only agreements with foreign networks. Asside from agreements with the non-GSM US Operators, which is the only reason I kept my O2 SIM card.

The point is, when 3 get around to signing an agreement with Voda DE (probably going to be last on their list due to the high-probability that Voda DE will want too much money :rolleyes: ) will equate to the OP and his friend being able to text each other.

hosi

Thanks for your answers! So, this is next reason why I shouldn't be with 3... With the time I have the impression that 3 is really cheap but kind of "amateur network"... :rolleyes:

rogue-entity

Just because you cannot text internationally doesnt make 3 an amature network, it takes two to tango. I have had international texting problems with O2 on occasion as well, though, if you are looking to text abroad a lot, O2 is your best bet, they have the most roaming agreements out of all the irish networks IIRC.

hosi

rogue-entity wrote:

Just because you cannot text internationally doesnt make 3 an amature network, it takes two to tango. I have had international texting problems with O2 on occasion as well, though, if you are looking to text abroad a lot, O2 is your best bet, they have the most roaming agreements out of all the irish networks IIRC.

You're right actually. But this was really annoying...

1huge1

annoying true but they have got more agreements lately
though spain was a disaster my phone kept losing its signal when it should be full and a text home was received like 25 times (well that was last summer I hope they got it fixed)
anyway it really shouldnt be enough to put you of 3... just yet anyway