Hi Alex, I highly recommend using a gem like ActiveSMS, which provides an ActionMailer-esque interface for sending SMS using different providers. The gem has adapters for Clickatell, BulkSMS, Human Mobile & Simplewire, but writing a new adapter is a walk in the park:
http://github.com/nofxx/activesms Myles Eftos has written an adapter for the Australian SMSGlobal gateway, which might be of use in your case: http://github.com/madpilot/activesms_global_sms I'd also use something like DJ / delayed_job to batch the sending over time, especially if you're intending on sending out 500-5000 at a time: http://github.com/tobi/delayed_job Hope that helps! Cheers, Nathan On 10/08/2010, at 3:35 PM, Alex Cooper wrote: > Hi everybody, > > can anyone recommend a good Australian bulk SMS provider, for easy > integration with a Rails app? I want to be able to send messages with a > minimum of fuss directly from our app, in volumes ranging roughly between > 500--5,000 at a time. All our members are in Australia. > > So far, I like the look of ESENDEX and SMSGlobal. Does anyone have a good > experience with an Aussie provider? > > Essentially, I'm looking for: > • good price > • ease of integration (a RESTful API would be ideal) > • reliable, stable service > • support for the requisite "opt out" > • potentially, the support for short codes (capturing payments via SMS) > • helpful, responsive support > > Any success stories (or war stories!) would be much appreciated. > > Cheers, > > - alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
