That sounds a bit expensive to me. Try to contact to syniverse (www.syniverse.com) and ask for an offer.
Regards, Cezary ----- Original Message ----- From: Josh Richesin Cc: Kannel User Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:48 AM Subject: Re: Kannel in the USA Well once everything is setup and working I am going to use an "IP" Connection. Right now it is to costly. Once I get the contract that I am working on, I will move over to an SMPP provider. The cheapest one that I found as of yet was mblox and they want $2000.00/month plus 600./month for a shortcode. Josh On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Falko Ziemann <[email protected]> wrote: Don't know how it is handled in the US but here in Germany you are not allowed to use regular SIM cards for commercial use, especially bulk-sms-traffic. And when you mind that T-Mobile is a german company, you better double check the contract! German contracts, in connection with flatrates, always contain a part saying: "only permitted in common household amounts". If you send more than about 1000 sms in a month your contract is cancelled instantly, providers call that "fair-use-policy". Regards Falko Am 25.01.2009 um 22:17 schrieb Nikos Balkanas: All serial GSM modems take regular (cellular phone) SIM cards. 3G modems are USB. Same deal, too. No special considerations. You don't need to ask permission from anybody. You just need to shop around and get the best deal. Sorry, I don't know to recommend any special MNO in the US. BR, Nikos ----- Original Message ----- From: Josh Richesin To: Nikos Balkanas Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:30 PM Subject: Re: Kannel in the USA What cellular provider should I use in the USA? Tmobile? Do they allow me to put there SIM card into a Serial Modem? Thanks, Josh On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Nikos Balkanas <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I presume you have downloaded kannel sources. There is a file called "modems.conf" with explicit suport for various serial modems. There is also a "generic type" which can be adapted to any serial GSM modem. Depending on your OS (i.e. Linux) you can use also USB modems, as long as suitable USB to serial drivers exist to convert it to serial. In short, any serial modem will work with kannel. In Linux, also USB modems. Solaris doesn't have drivers for USB modems. GSM modems are for low volume, high cost SMS. For high volume you need to talk to your provider about SMSc access. BR, Nikos ----- Original Message ----- From: Josh Richesin To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:14 AM Subject: Kannel in the USA Hello, I am tasked with setting up an SMS gateway in the USA. I am trying to find out what cell provider I should use and what type of device is compatible with US Carriers. If at all possible, I would like to use t mobile or sprint. What external modem should I buy and what cell company should I purchase service from? Thanks, -- Josh Richesin -- Josh Richesin -- Josh Richesin
