On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, david.g wrote: > Hi, I'm new to this list and to the world of SMS. I've tried searching > through the archives, but I'm looking for some very basic information to > get me started. I'm setting up a prototype server which will send out > very short, plain-text SMS messages. > > Right now, the script I'm using needs to be told which wireless provider > is being used and then just sends an email out (ie to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I understand there are some disadvantages to > this, so I started looking into Kannel in hopes that it would be a free > way to send SMS messages without being dependent on the provider. Can > this be done with Kannel? Browsing the archives, it seems I still need > to connect to an "SMSC" (I only have a vague idea what this is), which > will cost money. Is this correct? If so, what is the advantage of using > Kannel over using one of the commercial SMS gateway services like > clickatell?
Yes, connecting to SMSC's usually cost money, too much frankly. Clickatell is an aggregator I think -- pretty much the same thing as an SMSC, except they are a step in between you and the Carrier. > Currently my script only works for US wireless vendors who provide an > email interface to sending SMS - from the research I've done, most UK > vendors don't provide this, would I then need to use a SMS gateway to > send messages to UK numbers? Is the US SMS format "standardized" yet? I > seem to recall that being one of the reasons SMS was so slow to take off. No. +1-212-555-1212 is US, +44-2345-6523 is UK.... Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.purplecow.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
