Carrier filtering is blocking legitimate SMS. The operators getting through are doing three things differently

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A business registers its number, writes a plain appointment reminder and sends it. The text never arrives. Nothing bounces back. Somewhere between the sender and the phone, a filter simply drops it. US carriers filter business text messaging for three main reasons: spam volume, complaint rates and messages that do not match the business that […]This story continues at The Next Web