Help Group text problem

[croyde]

I have come across a compelling problem with my Orange bill since getting my Desire. I set up a group in contacts and a number of times have attempted to send a group text. There are about 8 people in that group but when I pressed send I would get message pending.

Some members of the group would not receive anything whilst others would get a text hours later.

I tried a couple of more times last month then gave up.

This week my bill came with a

 

[SUroot]

Group messages when over 7 (think its 7) recipients get converted into mms.

 

[DesireMe]

How are you sending the message?

Instead of creating a new message and sending that way, have you tried sending to a group, which specifies what action SMS/Email.

People->Groups->"Select Group"->Group Action -> Send Group Message.