It is my understanding that there are "shared" SMS services out there, where a short code can be shared among multiple users, thus sharing the costs. But I have never looked into it any closer.
---- That's a lot of frickin' money for something so simple. Who the F would buy such a beast? Is it worth all that money? Wow.... Peter H wrote: > Thanks, that was really helpful. Just in case people are interested, > the costs associated with using two of the vendors that were mentioned > above are: > > - U.S. short code, for example if we wanted to tell people, send a > text message to SMSME (needs to be 5 characters), the short code would be > 76763. The cost for the short code is $1000/month or $500 if we want the > registry to select a random short code for us. > - SMS aggregation, this is the service that actually sends and receives the > text messages. $1500 setup fee + $300/month for 2 concerent messages and a > throttle of 4 sms/second. > > So, this is definetly more expensive than I thought. > > -P > > -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA --------- | 1 | | --------- Binary Soduko | | | --------- "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234735 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
