[asterisk-biz] SMS gateway API.

Sat Aug 8 14:23:11 CDT 2009

System() + Kannel = Magic you are looking for.

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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com
> wrote:

> What is the "Endpoint" and what is wrong with sms() over IAX?
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Al Lougher <alougher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 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/
>> > Tel    : (+1) (678) 954-0670
>> > Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671
>> > Mobile : (+1) (678) 237-1775
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex Balashov
>> Evariste Systems
>> Web    : http://www.evaristesys.com/
>> Tel    : (+1) (678) 954-0670
>> Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671
>> Mobile : (+1) (678) 237-1775
>>
>>
>>
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