diff --git a/app/main/views/templates.py b/app/main/views/templates.py
index 87f32b60f..40c1d91d1 100644
--- a/app/main/views/templates.py
+++ b/app/main/views/templates.py
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ def delete_template_folder(service_id, template_folder_id):
 )
 @user_has_permissions("manage_templates")
 def add_service_template(service_id, template_type, template_folder_id=None):
+
+    print("ENTER ADD_SERVICE_TEMPLATE")
     if template_type not in current_service.available_template_types:
         return redirect(
             url_for(
@@ -567,6 +569,7 @@ def abort_403_if_not_admin_user():
 )
 @user_has_permissions("manage_templates")
 def edit_service_template(service_id, template_id):
+    print("ENTER EDIT_SERVICE_TEMPLATE")
     template = current_service.get_template_with_user_permission_or_403(
         template_id, current_user
     )
@@ -667,6 +670,7 @@ def count_content_length(service_id, template_type):
             current_service,
         )
     )
+    print(f"ERROR AND MESSAGE {error} {message}")
 
     return jsonify(
         {
@@ -681,6 +685,16 @@ def count_content_length(service_id, template_type):
 
 def _get_content_count_error_and_message_for_template(template):
     if template.template_type == "sms":
+
+        islatin1 = lambda s: bool(s.encode(encoding="latin-1", errors="strict"))
+        warning = ""
+        try:
+            islatin1(template.content)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            warning = " Use of characters outside the iso-latin-1 character set will result in additional characters and may not display properly on older phones."
+
+
+
         if template.is_message_too_long():
             return True, (
                 f"You have "
@@ -690,10 +704,10 @@ def _get_content_count_error_and_message_for_template(template):
         if template.placeholders:
             return False, (
                 f"Will be charged as {message_count(template.fragment_count, template.template_type)} "
-                f"(not including personalization)"
+                f"(not including personalization).  {warning}"
             )
         return False, (
-            f"Will be charged as {message_count(template.fragment_count, template.template_type)} "
+            f"Will be charged as {message_count(template.fragment_count, template.template_type)}.  {warning} "
         )
 
 
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
index b3f1da603..ab903ac59 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="grid-row">
           <div class="grid-col-12">
-            <div class="template-content-count">
+            <div class="template-content-count" bg="blue" spacing="1">
               <div data-module="update-status" data-target="template_content"
                 data-updates-url="{{ url_for('.count_content_length', service_id=current_service.id, template_type='sms') }}"
                 aria-live="polite">
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
               </p>
           </div>
         </div>
-      
+
         <div class="tablet:grid-col-9 mobile-lg:grid-col-12">
           <h2 id="help" class="font-body-xl margin-top-2">How to customize your message</h2>
           <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered usa-accordion--multiselectable maxw-mobile-lg" data-allow-multiple>