On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, James Ellis wrote:
I am an SMS newbie and I was wondering if I understand this correctly:
The SMS Gateway provides a way to send SMS messages to an SMSC who will
ensure that the message is actually received at a mobile phone.
Ensure? Guarantee? Doubtful. Attempt? Yes.
In order to talk to an SMSC, you pretty much either need to go through a
reseller (such as Clickatell) or have enough volume to justify a
carrier's interest in you. If this is true...and I am sending messages
through an SMSC reseller (Clickatell), don't all of them provide their
own SMS gateways? If so, when/why would I run my own gateway such as
Kannel?
Kannel connects to SMSC's, it is not an SMSC itself. Kannel connects to
Clickatell or a carrier, if you connect via SMPP.
If you connect via HTTP, then you don't need kannel.
Beckman
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