Even in South Africa, all the contests were run on SMSing. Basically nothing here iN Canada. (not that the kids here don't text...they do like crazy) But the companies haven't harnessed that power of texting.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Simon Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > Years ago I did it with a old Nokia phone plugged in to a charger, > connected to an old laptop running a Psion Gold card and a third party tool. > Things have moved on since then. > > You can get text machines, which is what most of the radio stations will be > using. These are basically a form of mobile phone with a SIM inside them. > However that will not give you the best rates because you will be using the > mobile phone network's service and are best suited to inbound texts. > > Your best option is to look at SMS gateway APIs and run it over the > internet. Tons of those around. Google SMS Gateway with the UK switch turned > on and every link including the adverts will take you to something suitable. > It all depends on what you can do with the service. Some offer Outlook > plugins, or an Exchange plugin, as well as dedicated applications. > > It is one area where Europe leads the USA in software development, most of > the good stuff is coming out of the UK and Germany. > > Simon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 19 March 2009 14:48 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SMS Messaging > > Hi Simon, > > Many thanks. All SMS messages will be to UK numbers and as you have > suggested, I've seen the average price to be about 4 to 4.5p per > message. > > Can you provide details of the hardware/software options you talk about > or > point me in the general direction thereof? > > TIA, > Robert. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Butler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday March 2009 14:36 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SMS Messaging > > Has your client looked at the costs of doing this? > I have been asked before to do it and every time it has been dropped > because of the costs. > Here in the UK there are no free options, and unless you limit it > heavily, the staff will abuse it. > You will need to sign up with one of the bulk suppliers, but you will be > looking at between 2.5 and 7p a message, depending on the volume. On > bulk messaging 10,000 messages is not a lot, add another two zeros to > get the best rates. At 10,000 pcm expect to pay around 4 or 5p a message > - UK numbers only. Double it for international in most cases. > > As for how to do it, there are two ways. Hardware, where you have a SIM > on a device connected to your network and software, where the message is > sent to a service provider, usually using an API. > > The market is very competitive so have a good look round. If you can do > it with hardware and your own systems then you can move between > providers easily. > > Simon. > > > -- > Simon Butler > MVP: Exchange, MCSE > Amset IT Solutions Ltd. > > e: [email protected] > w: www.amset.co.uk > w: www.amset.info > > Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile > 5.0? > http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. > Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 19 March 2009 13:29 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: SMS Messaging > > We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility > for SMS text messaging. > > Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by > getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services > out there? > > Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- > a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders > or a > Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows > more > functionality than the web interface). > > We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. > Texts > will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be > opened up > to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. > > Does anyone have any recommendations? > > > TIA. > > > ************************************************************************ > The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended > solely for the addressee. 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