I would just add that if you are paying 150$ for 1000 sms and the service is working perfectly, even if you can get half of the price, you will need to have a smsc contract, maintain your software, updates, configuration, time etc and for 12.000 sms a year it's maybe not worth to save 700$ Just find an smsc online (normally are called "sms gateway") and implement their http interface creating an API.
I feel kannel more interesting for people with tons of sms to cope with.. but yes, you can use it, why not :) J 2009/5/22 Jovan Kostovski <[email protected]>: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Hans Guth <[email protected]> wrote: >> ok - so just diving into this world of sms. Here's my question. We are >> paying for a hosted pbx service whereby a potential home buyer calls 800#. >> We then text them back property information to their cell phone using >> this same pbx company's sms service. They are charging $150 per month for >> 1000 texts. I am wondering will I be able to do that through the use of >> kannel and save that money? > > Your provider sells you a bundle of 1000 sms/month for $150 > meaning 15 cents/sms. > > There are two ways of connecting Kannel to your SMS provider. > The first one is to connect directly to the SMS Center (SMSC) [1] via > Short Message Peer 2 Peer (SMPP) [2] protocol. This means > that you'll have to setup a machine with Kannel running on it which > will connect to the SMSC. > From commercial point of view, the provider will sell you X SMS/sec, hour or > so. > You'll have to pay for certain amount of messages per time interval, > or you'll pay for the amount the messages you'll send. > This means that you'll end up in the same position as you are now. > > The second option is to use mobile phone or GSM modem as a SMSC. > This means that you'll set up Kannel box to which you'll connect mobile > phone or a GSM modem. This way you'll pay the same way as you do > when you are sending messages from your mobile phone. > The good thing about this is that you'll pay only the messages that you send > (you won't have to pay 1000 messages per month when you've only sent 300 > for example) and you can choose some rate plan from your mobile operator > which is designed for subscribers who send large number of SMSs. > By choosing a proper rate plan and planing the message sending you > can save some money. Comparing this to your current solution, this means that > you have to find cheaper SMS than 15 cents or send less than 1000 > messages/month > > Setting up a Kannel depends on the connection that you will use. > Search the archives for connection types, commonly used gsm modems > and read the user guide. > > References: > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service_center > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_peer-to-peer_protocol > > > BR, Jovan > > > > -- Julien Buratto
