[asterisk-users] Sending SMS from Asterisk

[Stephen Bosch]

Peter Bowyer wrote:
> On 14/02/07, Stephen Bosch <posting at vodacomm.ca> wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> Say I want to build an IVR application which sends an SMS message to a
>> mobile telephone when the caller responds to a prompt in certain way.
>>
>> I think I can manage the part about generating the message and building
>> something to actually send it. The part I'm foggy about is: how would I
>> actually get the SMS message to the carrier? Discussions with the
>> carrier have led absolutely nowhere (they are not interested in helping
>> an individual customer and technical staff Tiers I and II have no idea
>> what I am talking about).
>>
>> Are there SMS aggregators that I could use for sending messages to this
>> particular phone over the Internet?
> 
> There are plenty - I've used 2sms.com, clickatell.com and csoft.co.uk.
> bayhamsystems.com have a service tailored for Asterisk users.

These are all based in the UK. What if I'm in North America?

Does it matter?

-Stephen-