[asterisk-users] SMS /w Asterisk

[Steve Totaro]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:23 AM, randulo <spamsucks2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Mike Diehl <mdiehl at diehlnet.com> wrote:
>> I'm looking into being able to send/receive SMS messages with my
>> asterisk box in the US.  I've seen the SMS command as well as the Kannel
>> program.  I'd prefer to do it from Asterisk.
> <snip>
>
> Do you have SMS service on the phone line? I've always thought SMS was
> uncommon if not inexistent in the USA. I used SMS with asterisk in
> both directions for years and it worked great, but that was in Europe
> where fixed line SMS is common.
>
> Suggest you look at http://voip-info.org as there is a lot of info there on SMS.
>
> hth
>
> /r
>

SMS or "Texting" has definitely caught on with the younger generation.

There are proposed laws all over, banning texting while driving.
Scores of accidents are blamed on texting including a train crash.

I only use it for reminders to my cell phone but not for communication.

Kannel is probably the best way to go in the States, unless you want
to sign up with an aggregator.

I use Kannel and a bank of Sony Ericsson phones.  To send SMS, you
just have to hit a URL on the Kannel server with a properly formatted
URL.  I just use System() to call Lynx with the correct variables (the
message you want to send).

I have asked many carriers about SMS here in the States, and they all
say, oh yes, we can do that.  But their acronym for SMS means
something else, not simple messaging.

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Thanks,
Steve Totaro
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