How to group text more than 10 on AT&T

This is not solved for your customers. The 10 recipient limit is unacceptable. You’re preventing your customers from connecting with family and friends. I’m seriously considering leaving for a competitor due to this issue. I would not recommend AT&T to others. Please increase this limit for your customers ASAP.

I don’t know if this is related...or if ATT is right.

Verizon has a group limit of 20.  I switched my number to Verizon prepaid in July.  I get at least one nuisance text each week.  I got 3 in one day last week.  

Does it matter?  

Hmm.  Not really.  It’s easy to ignore a text.  

    Now the spam, telemarketing, spoofed calls are driving me up the freaking wall.  Hiya used to do a good job of filtering.  Now I just let everything go to voicemail.   

Do you know what kind of load group texts would put on AT&T's network if they didn't limit it? Verizon has a limit of 20, and you'll find people in their forums complaining and wanting it to increase to 30. They have to draw the line somewhere otherwise you'd have people setting up group texts with their entire extended family sending hundreds of messages a second until the whole network crashed. There are so many third-party apps like WhatsApp that can do group texting that I don't know why this is an issue, especially if you claim it's a safety or business need. You really think it's easier to switch carriers (get rid of your phones, get new phones, pay for any fees or outstanding charges, pay new upfront costs for another carrier) rather than switch to a different messaging app?

@QuarryRye

Whatapp does groups?  But everyone has to have WhatsApp?  

The large groups I’ve dealt with have a variety of users, not all have smartphones, not all use social media.  We always wind up with some who require email.

Yes, WhatsApp does group chats with a 256-member limit, but everyone would have to use WhatsApp. It's not the only game in town, though, just one of the most popular. Facebook Messenger would do it, too.

And you bring up a good point. Email is another option that everyone can use. You can even access it from your smartphone. Text messaging, to me, is a last resort for coordinating a large group of people.

The main issue is they aren’t keeping up with their competitors. I was on a large group text for a wedding event recently where I was the only person with AT&T. No one else had issues. I’m not going to say, “Hey wait everyone! I need you all to change what you’re doing and please continue this on WhatsApp because my provider, AT&T, can’t keep up with the times.” I had multiple text threads open due to this and every time I replied it came through as a new text each time to everyone. Unacceptable in my opinion.

@JennieR

I dont know how large a group, but every carrier does had group text limits.  Verizon just happens to have the most liberal limit.  

Boo!!

The industry actually makes it pretty easy these days to swicth carriers and provide for pretty significant up front savings in doing so. Apps are not a solution when it requires Everyone to have that App.  Stop making excuses for AT&T.   May not be an issue for you sir/madam, perhaps because you don't have enough people in your circle to group text with . Facts are that most people have a cell phone and a basic MMS plan that would allow for group Texting.  The barrier is AT&T.  

That is Absolutely Correct  Fortuncm.