Why doesnt the iPhone actually tell you when your SMS wasnt sent???

I get spotty service at my house and 50% of the time my text messages don't send. But thankfully the iPhone doesn't alert me when my messages don't send. So usually I end up waiting 10 minutes for a reply and I check and my message hasn't sent. VERY ANNOYING(to me at least). Is there anyway I can get my phone to tell me if a message was sent or not sent? Or can someone sent this up to the Tech Guys at apple so they can include this in their next software update?
Thanks

In your first post you say:
the iPhone doesn't alert me when my messages don't send.
Then in the post above you say:
i look at my phone to find the little red exclamation point and it says " this message was not sent".
So, which is it?
Are you complaining that you choose to wait 10 minutes before checking whether the message has been sent, despite knowing that you "get spotty service at your house"? How is that Apple's fault?
Why not just wait a few seconds after sending for the iPhone to notify you that it hasn't been sent?

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