Update on "Did T-Mobile block TxTMOB messages during RNC?"

Xeni Jardin reports back on last week's post questioning whether T-Mobile blocked TXTmob messages during the RNC.

Not so, replies BoingBoing reader Gabe, who says:

"I'm a network data analyst for T-Mobile. I've actually tested the network to see why those messages were blocked, and from the response our email-to-sms gateway is giving, apparently our immensely retarded spam filter thinks that txtmob's SMTP server is spamming us. Basically, if the network sees more than about a hundred messages coming from the same SMTP server within an hour, it just blacklists it. Stupid but true."

Related articles:

-- T-Mobile blocked TXTmob messages during a portion of the RNC

-- Upoc's Ruckus RNC 2004 and TxtMob

-- Political protesters hear call with text messaging

-- Text Messages for Critical Masses 

emily | 8:40 AM | News, Buzz |
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