I don't think that sending out 3,000 SMS in a short period will be
feasible without a 3rd party service.
If you use an SMS gateway, how many messages can you send per minute?
Not too many, I suspect. Rogers might wonder who can type 500 txts per
minute, even with T9 turned on! :-)
Using Bayham's pricing for 20,000 credits (eg. credits required to send
3,000 SMS twice), that works out at about 11.8 cents per txt.
Maybe there is a cheaper service available but a service is needed.
regards,
Drew
Bruce Nik wrote:
You can also buy a gsm gateway that supports SMS rather than employing
bayhamsystems or the sort. Just checked prices and they charge $27.42
for 500 credits. Then, it takes 3 credits for a single SMS to Canada
=> $0.16/SMS.
Problem with a GSM gatway is with the terms of service that comes with
your SIM card. They might not like 1000 msgs a day but again they
might have some business service you can sign up for which will be
cheaper than 16 cents.
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:02:27 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CC: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [biz] SMS Gateway
>
> Mark Palser wrote:
> > I work for an airline pilots association and I'm looking to be able to
> > text a message to 3000 + cell phones ASAP should the need arises. What
> > would be the most cost effective/fastest way to deliver these
messages?
> > I have a SQL driven bulk email system that currently has all of the
> > pilots info, that could be used for the cell phone #'s, cheers, Mark.
> >
> >
> Check out the fastsms.conf file in the asterisk dir (1.4)
>
> ; FastSMS configuration file, used by
> ; the fastsms app. This is where you configure
> ; outbound sms notifications
> .......
> ; These parameters are provided by Bayham Systems Limited
> ; See http://www.bayhamsystems.com/asterisk.html
>
> You may not need * but you do need a system like Bayhams.
