@Larry Maybe we should really investigate to confirm if the problems prevailing at Safaricom are as a result of their shift to Chinese-manufactured equipment or not - we can only make intelligent guesses at this point as these issues escalated mostly after they made that switch in equipment manufacturers. What also lends credence to that line of thinking is the fact that there are network problems that seem particular only to Safaricom which I have not experienced in rival networks, such as: - long SMS delivery periods (the subject of this thread) - calling a safcom number and hearing that irritating off-air channel noise when the recipient picks up - calling a safcom number and having someone else pick up - who you don't know and who doesn't know the person you intended to call - calling a safcom number and somehow getting routed to a phone that seems to be idle - you don't get to hear the ringing tone but instead it's like you've tapped into a phone's mic lying somewhere and you can hear people conversing - and it's not necessarily the phone of the person you intended to call The first two are the most prevalent lately - the incidences of the latter two seem to have fallen off. Safaricom does seem to have peculiar calling habits too!