Hi Richard, >From experience you have to be doing quite a large amount of traffic per month before you can get a direct IP connection to a networks SMSC. Some also will charge you lots of money in setup and monthly access, so you have to weigh up the options.
Understand what you mean about competing with yourself, but I think there's a big enough market out there without necessarily running into the providers suggested. Don't forget, in some places you've also got the actual mobile networks themselves competing in the same marketplace. For instance, the minimum cost of delivering a message to a UK network directly is 3p plus whatever markup the operator/aggregator adds on. You're then up against the operators themselves undercutting you by offering 3p texts to their own customers. Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bottoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: Re: SMS & TCP/IP > >www.smsgui.com > >www.bulksms.com > >www.smsxchange.com > > > >look for sms gateways on google > > > Appreciate the referral, but what I am trying to do is get past these guys > to go directly to the SMS Center which presumably is provided by AT&T, or > Cingular or some other telcom. > > As I understand how Kannel works, I don't need a provider like bulksms.com > to send my mesaages. Instead I can plug directly into the network Gateway > itself or use a GSM equipped phone/modem. > > If I go through a provider I am competeing with myself and paying their > markup. > > > r.b. > > > > > > > >
