Nothing arrived. What now
Silence and refusal look identical on screen and need opposite responses. Telling them apart takes one look.
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Notes on virtual numbers and SMS codes
How the lines behave, why codes go astray, and what the catalogue figures are actually saying. Written by the people who keep the rail running.
How a mobile address is read
The difference between a mobile session and a server is not speed. It is which organisation the range is registered to.
One code, or a line you hold
The two products answer different questions, and the deciding one is whether a second message will ever arrive.
Choose the country before the tariff
Sorting by price and taking the top row is the most reliable way to spend more than you meant to.
What an idle count is telling you
The number of free lines beside a service says more about whether a code will arrive than the tariff does.
Why a platform turns a line away
A refusal happens before any message is sent, and it is decided by three things you can actually check beforehand.
Where to start
Three doors in, depending on what brought you here.
- How it works What a borrowed line actually is, the route a code takes to reach it, what it costs and where the law sits. Begin here if you have never taken one.
- Guides Step by step, platform by platform: which country to name, in what order to do things, and what to put in place before the line goes back.
- Troubleshooting Nothing arrived, the platform refused the line, the account is asking again. What each symptom means, and what actually settles it.