How Gov.uk Notify reliably sends text messages to users

Re:How Gov.uk Notify reliably sends text messages to users by Angostura on Saturday April 04, 2020 @05:31PM (#22781704)

Before we get too carried away; its worth seeing how the system coped with unprecedented pressure:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52037573

"Millions of mobile users in the UK have yet to receive the government's text message alert about coronavirus. The SMS - telling people to stay at home - began being sent early on Tuesday morning. But Vodafone has confirmed it only expects to complete the process later this Wednesday...."

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Re:How Gov.uk Notify reliably sends text messages to users by ddddddj on Saturday April 04, 2020 @06:08PM (#22781948)

Just in case it wasn't clear from discussion elsewhere on this post, Notify didn't send out the text message mentioned in the news. That message was sent directly by the networks at request of the government.

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Re:How Gov.uk Notify reliably sends text messages to users by leegraham on Saturday April 04, 2020 @06:18PM (#22781998)

Is the BBC article talking about the same thing?

The OP blog post says

> we have 2 different [text message] providers

but the BBC article says

> Vodafone is the only one of the UK's big four networks that has not finished the task.

If the two articles are talking about the same thing then it’s worth noting that the other major providers seemingly had no problems, and Vodafone chose to not send the messages at night time to avoid waking people up.

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