Céline wrote:
I do not understand whether we still have to use an sms provider, such
as clickatell, if we install and use kannel on our computer.
I mean, I would only like to send SMS from my machine, not to receive some.
What would be the cost ?
Kannel is open source software, so it's free. But(!) you NEED a SMSC provider,
ie. clickatell or any other wireless carrier that provides you access via the
SMSC protocols Kanne supports.
Kannel CAN NOT send by it's own SMS into the "air". I'll draw an example from
the known WWW world:
You can run a HTTP server, ie. Apache HTTP server on your machine. So far ok.
But you still need the ISP (deliverying you the IP connectivity) so your HTTP
clients are able to "reach" your HTTP server. A pure box in the corner of a room
with no network connection is a HTTP server, but no client can reach it.
The same is for SMS delivery. You have a piece of software, Kannel that you can
use, but you still need a service provider (SMSC) that delivers you the
"conenction layer".
Stipe
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