[asterisk-biz] SMS gateway API.

Fri Aug 7 20:48:07 CDT 2009

MO.  No outbound.

> Do you need two way or just one way MO (Mobile Originated) or MT (Mobile
> Terminated)?
>
> There are companies that will do just one way that might be cheaper.
> Voicetrading does MT for fairly low rates.
> http://www.voicetrading.com/en/wholesalesms.html
>
> Otherwise, look at the SMPP protocol and write an SMSC that can interface
> with a large aggregator such as Syniverse, Singlepoint, Sybase365, or
> Verisign.
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Alex Balashov
> <abalashov at evaristesys.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the suggestion.
>>
>> I think the main problem I face here is the cost.  Even at .02 and
>> assuming 12 messages/minute (and it could be higher), that's $345/day if
>> the messages are continuously sent at a uniform distribution.  And it
>> could be easily twice that.
>>
>> But, I'm guessing this is the best one is going to do with SMS.  I don't
>> think it's the right technology choice for this endeavour for a variety
>> of
>> reasons.  However, that is the question I've come up against.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> > What you need is a shortcode ($1000/mo) to receive the text messages
>> on.
>> > Mblox will provide you with a cost effective service and APIs to
>> receive
>> > all of those messages on. Largeish investment up front ($3000 or so)
>> but
>> > incoming SMS (MT) costs fairly low ($0.02-0.03c per message) on large
>> > volume.
>> >
>> > Failing that you use a 3rd party service: Group2call.com does it, so
>> does
>> > extexting.com (confession: I own Group2call.com). You rent a keyword
>> on
>> a
>> > public shortcode. Low cost setup ($25-30/mo) and you get the APIs.
>> > Downside is you pay more per incoming text ($0.05) and delayed
>> incoming
>> > SMS while it's routed through the 3rd party servers (but still fairly
>> > instantaneous).
>> >
>> > Not sure if that is what you are wanting or not.
>> >
>> > Alan.
>> >
>> >
>> > Alan
>> >
>> >
>> > --- On Fri, 8/7/09, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > From: Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] SMS gateway API.
>> > To: "Alex Balashov" <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
>> > Cc: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
>> > Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 9:06 PM
>> >
>> >
>> > Let me add something else here:
>> >
>> > Obviously, there are various ways to get this data off of a cell
>> device
>> > that rely on use of a network rather than SMS, and can be bridged
>> straight
>> > into IP.  That would be far more straightforward, cheaper and more
>> > sensible.
>> >
>> > However, that defeats one of the specific problems I'm trying to solve
>> > here, which is that the operating area has very, very spotty
>> > 3G/EDGE/EVDO/etc. coverage, but always has basic digital coverage.
>> >
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> Sorry if this is a little off-topic, but I thought I would tap the
>> >> enormous collective wealth of knowledge here.
>> >>
>> >> I come from the fixed-line world, so I don't know terribly much about
>> >> SMS
>> >> or mobile anything.
>> >>
>> >> I have a situation where I need an endpoint to receive a fairly large
>> >> amount of SMS messages in something close to real-time and then be
>> able
>> >> to
>> >> automatically do something with them as part of a backoffice process,
>> >> and
>> >> need to set up something rather quickly.
>> >>
>> >> For example, an SMS message comes into some sort of device or
>> service,
>> >> and
>> >> this triggers a RESTful HTTP call (or SOAP, or whatever) to some
>> agent
>> >> that does something with that data.
>> >>
>> >> Speed is of the essence;  this rules out most SMS-to-email gateways
>> >> because it usually takes at least several minutes to receive the
>> e-mail.
>> >> In this case, that won't work; the delay is just too long.
>> >>
>> >> Likewise, vertically integrated SMS gateway services that provide
>> some
>> >> sort of interactive online "chat" window with an interface into an
>> SMS
>> >> conversation won't do.  This needs to be development-friendly;  I
>> need
>> >> to
>> >> be able to write some code to do something with the contents of that
>> >> message post haste.  The other thing is, vendors providing those
>> >> products
>> >> and services in this category charge a fair bit per text message,
>> which
>> >> isn't going to fly in this case because there may be a dozen text
>> >> messages
>> >> per minute or more, occasionally.  Something flat-rate would be
>> >> desirable,
>> >> even if it's expensive (say, a few hundred dollars a month).
>> >>
>> >> Lastly, I don't know if it's possible to get any kind of access
>> circuit
>> >> in
>> >> North America over which SMS messages can be received, but even if it
>> >> were, that's not really an option in this case due to time
>> constraints.
>> >> Likewise, setting up a GSM or CDMA receiver device registered on a
>> cell
>> >> network - legitimately or otherwise - is out too, for similar
>> reasons.
>> >>
>> >> What it really comes down to is that I need a fast SMS data relay
>> >> service
>> >> that handle a relatively high-volume at relatively little expense,
>> and
>> >> one
>> >> which can provide that data via some sort of HTTP or XML-RPC or SOAP
>> >> type
>> >> API callback so that the data can be plumbed to an agent on my side
>> for
>> >> further processing.
>> >>
>> >> I have no idea if something like this exists, or if that's tantamount
>> to
>> >> a
>> >> request for magic.  That's why I'm inquiring.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Alex Balashov
>> >> Evariste Systems
>> >> Web    : http://www.evaristesys.com/
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Alex Balashov
>> > Evariste Systems
>> > Web    : http://www.evaristesys.com/
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>> >
>> >
>> >
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