Who understands the mechanics of SMS texting?

[brooklynite]

Can they send a message to all 1+ million people signed up at the same instant? (and can the phone network handle the load?)

or, do they have to do it in batches of 50 / 100? (so some people will be notified while others are still waiting?)

or is it one message at a time?

[jakem]

1. i heard that they will tell you last. nothing personal...

:shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

6. .....You are so mean.

:rofl: :rofl:

[eshfemme]

2. I'm not sure either... that's a good question to ask. Does anyone know?

[Ian David]

3. You won't get the message until you delete all the naked pics from your in-box. n/t

[billyoc]

4. A computer loops through the numbers and sends them that way, it's not that much of a burden

on the system because they're not *really* going out all at the same time. You might get yours some minutes before I get mine.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Maybe they have service that they interface with....

You can use them without divulging the content of your message.

http://www.message-media.com/google/?gclid=CI6R7_rroZUCFQoFGgodGmk8jg

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. first it goes to the NSA, where it is stored, indexed,

and cross-checked, then it is routed through various servers which send out the signal sequentially to various users.

[Milo_Bloom]

8. They can do it all at once.

Our company is working a deal with Verigisn for texting and there are no restrictions on an text list.

[flamingdem]

9. God decides - those closest to him/her will get it first, I heard nt

[Renew Deal]

10. The can do it all at once, but...

Each message is queued. So some people will get it before others. The difference will probably be minutes, not hours.