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Old Feb 11, 2016 | 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by gfunkdave
Yes, you're both right. Verizon's Messages app is a special case where they apparently encapsulate the data that traditionally go over the cellular network into IP.
Except that Verizon's Message+ when sending over Wifi/IP is not actually SMS. It is IM. SMS is actually a protocol that cannot be run over IP. You can receive an SMS message and re-encapsulate it into an IP-based IM, but at that point it is no longer SMS. Strictly speaking of course.
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