Nick, those prices seem very competitive. However I would need nowhere near 10K messages per month, more like a few hundred perhaps. I'll probably pursue the method of finding out which telcoms offer their own text message email addresses, and offering text messaging to my app users based on whether they have a supported carrier.
Below is what I have found so far. Qwest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verizon: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virgin Mobile: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cingular: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alltel: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TMobile: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sprint: ???? -- Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:28 AM Subject: Re: CF SMS List broadcasting application suggestions > Great - glad i can help. > > On 31/05/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Nick >> >> The prices look better than what I've seen so far - >> >> thanks >> Steve >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:55 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: CF SMS List broadcasting application suggestions >> >> >> On 30/05/06, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Killer, thanks Nick, anxiously awaiting. >> > >> > -- Josh >> > >> > >> Josh - the costs for the US are: >> >> Plan - SMS/Month - Price per SMS (USD) - Minimum Monthly Bill (USD) >> A - 10,000 - $0.060 - $600 >> B - 50,000 - $0.055 - $2800 >> C - 100,000 - $0.050 - $4,800 >> D - 200,000 - $0.047 - $9,000 >> E - 500,000 - $0.042 - $20,000 >> F - 1,000,000 - $0.037 - $35,000 >> >> HTH - but i'm sure you can always haggle. >> >> For interest can you let me know how this fits in with other costing in >> the >> US? >> -- >> Nick Tong >> >> web: http://talkwebsolutions.co.uk >> blog: http://succor.co.uk >> shorturls: http://wapurl.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241828 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
