On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 04:11:42PM +0200, demerphq wrote: > > Also, using sms has the advantage that even if a recipient is > temporarily unreachable they will likely get the message before you > can call them back. For example i can often receive sms'es in the > underground (s-bahn) here in frankfurt when an actual call will be > impossible due to disruption from being undeground. a sms needs a > second or so for transmission, which is probably less time than it > takes to exchange "hello"s on the phone.
Some other advantages of SMS over phoning:
- The message is stored on the receivers phone, and can be reread.
- Phone messages in a noisy environment may be misheard, or not
heard at all.
- An SMS message can be send to multiple people at once.
- It's much easier to script something that sends out SMS
messages than it is to send out voice messages.
Of course, SMS gateways, SMS providers and SMS documentation are hateful.
Abigail
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