Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> writes: Hi Joe,
> I would recommend using a third party service. > > I've tinkered with Twillio but not used it in production. For example, > with Twillio your code makes a HTTP request to their API endpoint and > their API can post to your HTTP endpoint. http://www.twilio.com/. > Twillio is not free. In the US it's 1 cent per text > inbound/outbound. http://www.twilio.com/sms/api Another very interesting link, although it seems "only" for the US (quite a big market though). > For free (in the US) you may be able to use Google Voice. I'm not sure > if it's against their terms of service - probably is - for any heavy > use. http://www.googlevoice.org/pages.php?title=sniffing most likely a nice free solution, but - as you say - there is always the terms of service problem. > It also looks like Amazon has something similar to Twillio > - http://aws.amazon.com/sns/ its still beta, but looks really nice. Thanks for the tips > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:03 AM, dexen deVries > <dexen.devr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Thorsten, > > > > On Friday 17 of August 2012 11:47:55 you wrote: > > just one curiosity - how would one write a PicoLisp application > that > > recieves and processes (and maybe sends) SMS messages? > > > > What would be involved to give the application a 'phone number' > (or > > maybe many) so that messages can be send to and from it? > > > > Anybody with experiences in SMS processing? Is that like email > > processing with standard header and body etc? > > > > What if the application is a service and each incoming SMS > should be > > charged by me (e.g. 20cent extra cost billed by me, additionally > to the > > basic SMS costs of the telephone provider)? > > > > Not really so PicoLisp specific, but maybe somebody has some > experience > > in this field and doesn't mind to share it. > > > > recently my company has been handed an offer by Plus (polish GSM > operator, > related to Vodafone) for SMS service. They provide you with access > to a server > (via https and SOAP available) and with one GSM number and other > assorted > goodies, like dynamic text substitution facility. > > Pricing is similar to consumer SMSes. You pay monthly subscription > (comparable > to consumer subscriptions), which includes a couple hundred or > thousand SMS > > Albeit I am unsure if `free SMS' (with costs covered by receiver > than sender) > is available with this service. > > Seems like a little-hassle, no-strings-attached way to me. No need > to fiddle > with actual GSM hardware. > > > -- > dexen deVries > > [[[↓][→]]] > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subjectUnsubscribe > > > -- cheers, Thorsten -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
