Hello everyone, I have used Kannel before, but I still considered myself a newbie since I have not deployed a system that would really send thousands of messages per day. I have set systems with tops 2 USB modems. I have a few questions, and will really appreciate if someone can help with this very crucial information. The goal is to setup a system with capacity of ten thousand messages per day.
1) I find it hard to believe this is done by connecting 10 sms modems to the USB ports of a linux server. I even can not conceive of being able to buy a $30 unlimited text messaging account, and send through it, one text message every 30 seconds 24/7 without a carrier blocking the chip. Besides, the whole idea of working with literally a row of wireless modems in a colo is so prone to failure (chips having to be replaced, all the time, etc), that I can only think that the way this is done at massive scale, is via a direct API connection to the cellular carrier. Of course there is option of the third party provider, but I wouldn't be using kannel, nor asking these questions if I wanted to use a third party provider. - How is this done in real life? - what is the maximum capacity of a Kannel server? - how many modems can in reality be placed in the same server?... - Is linux enough to handle the multi-processing, or will I have to write a real multi-threading application in house? Thank you very much guys Chris Savinovich
