[asterisk-biz] GSM cellular network (Global System Mobile)

C F shmaltz at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 20:52:33 MST 2007


Steve, he is talking about sending, quote:
"I can't imagine the GSM operators will allow you to send data across
their networks at no cost, in any form."

On 3/12/07, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
> CF
>
> Technically, sending is free.  But I assume he is sending it to
> himself.  Sure sending SMS is free through an email gateway but
> receiving it is not.  So there is no such thing as free.  Alistair gets
> the score on the SMS issue.
>
> Sending data in DTMF, altered CallerID, or possibly a dialup modem would
> work.  Heck, voice recognition may work.  It all depends on the
> definition and purpose of the "couple of packets" that the OP is trying
> to send over GSM.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> C F wrote:
> > Alistair, I'm sorry to inform you that your imagination doesn't count
> > here, as it indeed doesnt' cost any money (meaning it's really free)
> > to send data across US GSM networks, using their email gateways.
> >
> > On 3/12/07, Alistair Cunningham <acunningham at integrics.com> wrote:
> >> Michael Welter wrote:
> >> > Here in the states, we get charged for each SMS message.  What I'm
> >> > looking for is a no-cost method to send a little data over a GSM voice
> >> > channel.
> >>
> >> Michael,
> >>
> >> I can't imagine the GSM operators will allow you to send data across
> >> their networks at no cost, in any form.
> >>
> >> Alistair Cunningham
> >> +1 888 468 3111
> >> +44 20 799 39 799
> >> sip:acunningham at integrics.com
> >> http://integrics.com/
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