Something to check out: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smush/smart-sms-texting-for-everyone-the-smushbox
I'm not affiliated with them at all, but have done business with the company on other things and have always been happy. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Chris Bagnall <aster...@lists.minotaur.cc>wrote: > On 15/7/13 3:00 am, bilal ghayyad wrote: > >> I need to be able to send SMS messages for campaign or for specific >> users, also I need to be able to receive SMS messages and do automatic >> reply. >> > > In my experience, SMS is something best done out of Asterisk. That's not > to say that Asterisk can't do it, of course, just that there are providers > out there who can give you a nice friendly API for easy integration into > your application. This is especially true if you need to send *lots* of > messages in a short space of time: simply adding a single mobile device > with a single SIM isn't going to cut it - you're going to need a bunch of > them, at least. All of those will likely have different numbers, so you're > going to have to handle that for receiving messages. Then you have to > consider that some networks will charge more to send messages to numbers on > the same network vs. a different network, so you might have to separate out > your numbers into networks (easy if they've never been ported; more tricky > if they have). > > Based on past projects (in the UK), the cost of multiple SIM contracts, > the necessary hardware to connect them, development time, etc., is usually > more than the cost of paying a third party with a suitable API <x> per > message to deliver them on your behalf. > > Kind regards, > > Chris > -- > This email is made from 100% recycled electrons > > -- > ______________________________**______________________________**_________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> > -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003
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