There are a great many SMS aggregators around. SMS and MMS messages are valued by a unit called a credit. The aggregators buy millions of credits for a tiny amount each, and sell them on in smaller packets for a larger amount each. They will then charge you one credit per SMS. Sometimes they have special deals so between certain hours you'll be charged 0.7credits per message or some such.
The aggregators receive messages from you in a variety of formats, depending on how they set their systems up. Might be http call or email or might be an XML packet or a few use the specific SMS format that the example in ColdFusion uses. How you send your message will depend on the format required by the aggregator you choose. The aggregators outside the USA can send messages to almost any mobile phone (cell phone) in the world. In the first application i had to do with SMS, i ended up using a British aggregator, because the messages were cheaper and faster than Australian ones even though i was sending from Australian source to Australian phones. But what's a good deal today isn't necessarily the best deal tomorrow, so you need to build your application so it's simple to switch from one to another as the pricing changes. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Agha Mehdi<[email protected]> wrote: > > You can send through GSM modem if going through SMS aggregator is not an > option. you can send around 30 messages/minute > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Arsalan Tariq Keen > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hello Guys, >> >> Can anyone tell me in detail what parameters I need to know from my GSM >> Operator for sending SMS using ColdFusion? I want to send actual SMS not the >> test machine that comes along Adobe CF8 >> >> Regards, >> Arsalan >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
