Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-04 Thread Al Bochter
Steve Well I have 300 for $5.00 thats .016 cents each IF I use all 300 now if I go over I pay .15 each ( I Think) Never went over I see that the cell providers are looking at SMS as internet data over there system and I do agree that there is more money in data than voice services. Best

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-03 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Al Bochter wrote: I don't see why the cost to send SMS is around .15 each. What does the gateway know that I don't know about sending the SMS. I just think .15 for each SMS send is high. Or am I just over looking something? You're missing nothing; The telcos have us by

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:01:58PM +, Gordon Henderson wrote: You're missing nothing; The telcos have us by the short curlys. For them, it's money for old rope. They probably (in the UK at least) make many times more money through TXT messages than voice. The base rate here is about

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-03 Thread Steve Totaro
Gordon Henderson wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Al Bochter wrote: I don't see why the cost to send SMS is around .15 each. What does the gateway know that I don't know about sending the SMS. I just think .15 for each SMS send is high. Or am I just over looking something? You're missing

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-03 Thread Jens Vagelpohl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3 Mar 2007, at 15:02, Steve Totaro wrote: Text messaging is not that big in the US for some reason. Well anyways, on my T-Mobile phone, I have an unlimited text message package that cost $15/mo. I am not sure how many constitutes

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-02 Thread Michiel van Baak
On 13:36, Fri 02 Mar 07, Tomislav Parcina wrote: Supa wrote: Try this: http://www.bayhamsystems.com/asterisk.html Works for me just fine, and it is very easy to get up and running, even with older version 1.2.3 I don't see a point of using providers as Bayhamsystems. First, it's

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-02 Thread Steve Totaro
Tomislav Parcina wrote: Supa wrote: Try this: http://www.bayhamsystems.com/asterisk.html Works for me just fine, and it is very easy to get up and running, even with older version 1.2.3 I don't see a point of using providers as Bayhamsystems. First, it's unpractical to send SMS from phone.

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-02 Thread Michiel van Baak
On 08:42, Fri 02 Mar 07, Steve Totaro wrote: Do they let you specify what number the SMS is coming from or does it just come from one of their number pool? Is it possible for the person reply to the SMS and have it come straight to my phone? Yes. Both CIDname and CIDnumber can be specified

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-02 Thread Al Bochter
I don't see why the cost to send SMS is around .15 each. What does the gateway know that I don't know about sending the SMS. I just think .15 for each SMS send is high. Or am I just over looking something? Best regards, Al Bochter Bochter Services http://www.BochterServices.com/?t=Email