You may want to look into using google voice + pygooglevoice for this. I set up something similar for a baseball team to notify parents. I had to write a bunch of python scripts that were called from the dialplan and set a timeout between them so that it would not lock itself out of GV from the 'mass SMS'.
--cobra2 On Friday, August 05, 2011 01:27:52 PM Robert Huddleston wrote: > When you say expensive... You are talking about pennies per SMS... Again - > if you want to cheat and go the email route - that would be free... It's > unreliable and requires some thought... > > If you want more information / consulting contact me off-list. > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Landy Landy > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:49 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to cellphones > > Robert. > > Thanks for replying. > > --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Robert Huddleston <rhuddles...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Robert Huddleston <rhuddles...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to cellphones > > To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > > Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 11:50 AM > > This is off topic... > > > > Asterisk will not provide you with the ability to SMS > > random cell phones. > > We actually have a group of people belonging to a rotary club and we wanted > to automate the sms process... is not random cell phones. > > > Being able to "transport" the SMS yourself is a grewling > > process.. Look at > > software like Kamel... > > > > Basically you have three options: > > ( a ) cheat and use the email method - i.e. determine > > everyone's carrier and > > use the email address equivalent > > ( b ) utilize a 3rd party to transmit the sms for you > > (cost) and they might > > Looks like this is the easiest option but, very expensive for what we really > want to do. > > > end up doing ( a ) above without you knowing > > ( c ) spend lots of money and headaches transporting sms > > yourself. > > > > Either way it's off-topic and not related to Asterisk. > > Sorry, didn't think this wasnt an asterisk related question. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] > > On Behalf Of Landy Landy > > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:42 AM > > To: asterisk > > Subject: [asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to > > cellphones > > > > Hello. > > > > I would like to know if is possible to send mass sms with > > an php agi script > > through asterisk? > > > > For example: I have about 50 cellphone numbers I would like > > to text whenever > > theres a meeting, I should load the numbers from a database > > and send a > > message via web with php and have asterisk send it. > > > > I've been googling about it but, I get a lot of providers > > that already do > > this but, I would like to learn how to do it myself since > > my budget is very > > minimum. > > > > Thanks in advanced for your help and time. > > > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api- digital.com -- > > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar > > every Thurs: > > > > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api- digital.com -- > > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar > > every Thurs: > > > > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users