[EMAIL PROTECTED]">hehehe...thought so.On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, vince cagud wrote:
..wrong. smsc's dont talk to web servers. they dont even understand http.
grrr. i know that.u need an application in between that translates sms messages/commands
to actual URLs. unless you're talking about the whole ARTUS line of
mobile solutions by nokia...where one of them (a program) CAN connect to
both smscs and web servers.
i was referring to the Nokia Artus Messaging Platform. it has an HTTP to
SMS gateway feature. this is the feature that Globe infotext and Smart 211
use.
for the original poster, the Artus Messaging Platform that Orly mentioned runs on either HPUX or (surprise!) Linux, though the latter version is not for production use yet. nokia sells it as a package deal to telcos...hardware included. it could do around 10 messages per second, though of course, actual numbers would be dependent on the data retrieval speed.
if you wish to go into serving sms content, you might want to consider real-time OSes and real fast connections. not necessarily big bandwidth, but high throughput. it's very interesting though, coming up with Linux configurations that try to handle the load. maybe that's why they made kannel multi-threaded, though i havent explored that system yet. the challenge is always that of response-time...though it's very frustrating when the telco message delivery itself slows you down.
telco server space is seems to be dominated by HP(logica and nokia) and Compaq-Digital Tru64(cmg). a friend once told me one of the telco's prepaid system servers was a 32-cpu machine, but was only using 24 due to limitations of the OS (vms). all very interesting. the Phil telco industry is really testing the limits of current vendor technology.
--vince.
