Hi Spameden, Thank you very much for the reply. I will need this gateway only until the project evaluation at university. It will be after about 6 months from now. I will be sending messages only to a mobile phone at home and only when I'm testing if my code works(My project is to add a feature to Moodle so students get text messages when a quiz starts, a new resource is added,...etc. Students will not be replying back). I guess payments will not be an issue here. It's only 10 cents(in Sri Lankan rupees) per message.
But what kind of problems did you mentioned of, in your reply ? I hope setting up Kannel will not be very hard. And when considering my purpose will the speed be too low if I use a GSM dongle ? It's the easiest for me to find and I can use a friend's one to test before buying one. ________________________________ From: spameden <spame...@gmail.com> To: Manuri Perera <forums.d...@yahoo.com> Cc: "users@kannel.org" <users@kannel.org> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 2:54 AM Subject: Re: Using Kannel for the first time - do country and service provider matter? I'd recommend using SMSC provider instead of the phone/modem. Any SMPP-service will suit your needs, just google a bit and you'll find much better rates (especially if you're sending a LOT of messages) comparing to the usual modem/phone SMS rates. There are also constantly poping up problems with kannel when using modems/phones. With SMPP-based SMSC you'd get much better speed in sending. For MO messages (Inbound) you'd need a GSM modem/phone ofc or rent it from operator. 2013/6/29 Manuri Perera <forums.d...@yahoo.com> Hello friends, > > >I need to set up an SMS gateway for my project and I decided to use kannel. >I'm completely new to this subject. As I understand I need a GSM modem to use >kannel and all I can find is a dongle that works as a GSM modem. I have >several problems. > > >1. How to find out if kannel will work with the dongle? >2. Do I have to worry about the service provider of the sim that I have inside >my dongle ? Does whether I can use kannel or not depend on my country and the >service provider ? > > >Any help is highly appreciated. I really need to finish the project in one >month. >Thank you. > > > > > >
