Peter, First of all, check your logs, you should be able to count the number of messages there.
After that, you should talk with your operator to clarify mathematics ;) Regards, Alejandro On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Peter Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I've got a kannel box connected to a siemens GSM modem and I thought it was > working fine until I did a broadcast message to about 1000 recipients. > The message I sent is only 152 characters. > > For the 1000 recipients with 152 characters, I got billed for 3000 SMS from > my telco!!! > I assumed that I will be sending only 1000 SMS!! > > In addition, there is a problem when receiving the message on the actual > handset. I received first part of the message on one day, and the completed > message on the next day... > > When I called up my telco for explanation, they says I sent the messages in > ascii-8-bit format, which has a character limit of 140 characters. > So, if I sent 152 characters, 2 SMS will be delivered. The normal format, > according to Telco, is 7-bit. But why I was billed 3 times?? > > So, I was wondering where and if I can set Kannel to deliver messages in > 7-bit? > > HELP!!!! > > Peter >
