SMS text messaging

Hey Weir, just found this thread

I've just started up a database driven site that uses an SMS gateway to send motivational and inspirational quotes via text. (www.inspiration-daily.com). I used www.tm4b.com which was brought to my attention here on dp... they are UK based, very competitive on price, give great support on the coding and it works really well... now all I need are subscribers

My system is now 100% up and running, so if you need any more info let me know... I also have lists of all the international telephone codes by country to populate a pull down menu etc

No ads, and you can brand the originator

 

And was it 4.1p per text?

 

for www.tm4b.com, UK delivery ranges from 3.3p a text (high monthly volume, Business class delivery) to 5p a text (low volume, First Class delivery) plus Vat

http://www.tm4b.com/sending-sms/message_pricing/?this_country=United Kingdom

 

Thanks TF,

I'd probably be able to make a fair profit from that depending on what the legal implications are.

 

sorry for the late reply, yes that is 4.1p a text

 

Hi!

I just launched new SMS gateway.

If you want to test my service, register at the website and then contact me to charge the account.
It's under beta testing right now, but I hope you want to join them too. While tests it's free of course, but limited.

Prices ? From $0.01 per message

Any suggestions are welcome !!!

Address: http://www.quicksms24.com
Contant: offer@quicksms24.com

PS. I know that it's design sucks, but it will be changed at the end.

 

We've been using Kapow (http://www.kapow.co.uk/) for about 6 years now to send SMS Text Messages from several of our client sites.

It's always been very reliable but most messages now arrive within 5 seconds, and it seems a good price.

It's about 6p per message for us (but if you buy more then it drops to about 4p) and there's no other fees to pay, and you can send to any country for the same price - when I send from my own mobile it costs me 25p to send abroad - so it's quit a saving.

They support a number of interfaces including HTTP / E-mail and CSV batches etc...

I also think they were the first SMS Gateway in the world - or the UK anyhow.

I'd deffinately reccommend them to anyone who needs SMS.

 

When sending a message are there any footers on the message?

 

I decided on trying Kapow too. They offer a free demo account with something like 25 credits. No added text, just the 'From' field is set to kapow.co.uk by default. Pay 50 quid and you can have it the way you want it.

My experiences are very good with them. Sending is as easy as doing a file get. Delivery is instantaeous.

 

This could be very interesting as a feature for several websites I maintain. Is it really 4p a text if you bulk buy?

Have you ever had any downtime?

 

I could offer much better prices:

Rates are:
1-10k messages - $0.02 per msg
10k-50k - $0.015 per msg
50k+ - $0.01 per msg

Details at: offer@quicksms24.com

 

Can you describe about your services in a little more detail yezooz?

Things like;

Can you integrate this service with PHP?
Can it have whatever you like on the end of a message and who it's from?
What is the uptime?

 

Firstly register at http://www.quicksms24.com. Email me at offer@quicksms24.com you're login and I will charge some credits for testing purposes. We're company from Poland and our provider is the polish gsm operator, so this sms service is reliable.

API
Connections via HTTP:
http://www.quicksms24.com/send.php?number=num1,num2,num3&content=&login=&pass=

Possible anwsers:
err1 = bad login or pass
err2 = not enough credits
err3 = wrong parameters
ok = sent

Request just login with password, and you'll receive number of credits.
If you send sms (with number and content) you'll receive just "ok" (each "ok" for each sent sms).

Covergage list - http://www.quicksms24.com/docs/coverage_list.pdf

Sender ID cannot be changed, delivery reports will be available soon.

Contact:
EMAIL & MSN: offer@quicksms24.com

Greetings

 

Thanks for that yezooz. I'm not quite ready to start using this service but I will be interested in it in the coming weeks. I'll send you a PM once I'm ready.

Thanks for the info.

 

Errm....

I always thought it was FREE to send messages. Do you mean true SMS as in through an SMS gateway or just sending text messages (which can be done with 1 line of code).

Check out this PHP tutorial: http://codewalkers.com/tutorials/90/1.html

 

Anyone tried http://www.teleflip.com ?

Looks like only work in North America but it is free.


_________________
PHP Hosting | Pagerank Checker Tool | Reliable Dedicated Servers | Web Master Resource Center

 

Been a client of theirs for years and never had any downtime... they gaurentee 99.99% uptime... but not noticed the 0.01% downtime. ;o)

 

lol I don't think anyone advertises that they have 100% uptime.

 

API uptime is always important, but I'd be more concerned about gateway/routing/Queuing of msgs. That's where things get dicey. I mean, a message can traverse multiple carriers to reach it's destination (guaranteed if you're using a cheap service) and all it takes is a big event, a soccer game, an international incident of some sort and voilla instant congestion.

If your service matters (ie SMS notification of a box going down or other critical stuff) you need to be able to choose your gateways. Some providers will offer you multiple gateways to use, and you just choose which one according to priority (and cost) - a nice feature if available per msg/via API.

http://www.smsxchange.com/main/default.asp might be worth a look

Cheers,

JL