Why can't I sign up for text alerts such as school closings and weather conditions?

[Android Central Question]

I've tried multiple text alerts and when I get the confirmation text to reply to it won't go through. I always receive a "message failed" instantly

 

[Rukbat]

That's usually a carrier issue - next time you have the opportunity to sign up for an alert, bring the phone into the carrier and try it with an associate watching. (It could also be a setting on your text app, something going on between your carrier and whoever is sending out the alerts [the city? the county?], something I;m not thinking of at the moment ... Either an associate at the store or the store manager should be able to see what's happening,)