Source note · Troubleshooting business SMS that is not delivered
AWS charges for an SMS once it accepts the send request, even if the recipient never receives it (for example a number no longer in service).
Checked 2026-10-02
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services
- Product
- AWS End User Messaging SMS
- Subsystem
- billing
- Deployment
- multi-tenant
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- current as of 2026-10-02
- Checked
- 2026-10-02
Sources
- AWS End User Messaging SMS Best Practices — Amazon Web Services · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Verify your destination phone numbers section
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting business SMS that is not delivered: source note business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-aws-billed-undelivered. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-aws-billed-undelivered
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-aws-billed-undelivered,
title = {Troubleshooting business SMS that is not delivered: source note business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-aws-billed-undelivered},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-aws-billed-undelivered},
note = {Source note business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-aws-billed-undelivered, checked 2026-10-02}
}