Not Everyone Receives Group Text

Ok so, this might not be the right community for this, but I've got a friend who has an iPhone 4 running iOS 7. When he sends out a large group text, (iPhones, iPods, and regular cell phones) not everyone receives the message. I have an iPod Touch 5 on iOS 7 and have never received the text even though friends with iPods (I believe 4th gen.) got the message. Is it because there are so many people in the message? I'm lost on this. And how does it work if you reply with your iPod to someone else with a regular cell phone? (just out of curiosity) Thanks.

Yes, i've always been able to send and receive messages from him without any problems at all. The thing is he sends it out to maybe 20 people or so, some have iPods, some iPhones, and some just regular cell phones. A majority of people will receive the message, but many won't. And I believe that most of the problems are from iPods not receiving it, but at the same time some people's iPods get it and some don't. I'm not sure why he would have a problem since it's being sent from an iPhone.

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