[asterisk-users] Cell Phone SMS

[Matt]

Dean,
Thanks... this pricing 'falling on face' will be determined by what our
client says.  Somehow I think it will be out of their range :)  But we'll
see.

On Dec 13, 2007 12:38 PM, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:

>  Hi Matt,
>
>
>
> I've consulted in this space and can answer all of your questions. You
> don't specify if you are in the USA so I'll assume you are (lol all the
> people overseas are laughing at this point so laugh along J ).
>
>
>
> You're not going to like the answers I have for you.
>
>
>
> SMS  Common Short Codes (CSC's) are controlled by CSCA (a JV between CTIA
> and Neustar).
>
>
>
>    - They are available in either 5 or 6 digits
>
>
>
>    - They are leased for either $500 per month if you are ok with a
>    random number allocation
>
>        or
>
>    - $1000 per month if you want to pick your own shortcode.
>
>
>
> You can find out more information here http://www.usshortcodes.com
>
> Asumming you haven't fallen on the floor and are ok paying my hourly fee (
> www.cognation.net/rates) I'm happy tot ake your call and provide you with
> a ton of other information about how you actually implement this, work with
> agregators and what revenue percentages you can expect to receive from the
> carriers.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean Collins
> Cognation Pty Ltd
> dean at cognation.net
> +1-212-203-4357
> +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Matt
> *Sent:* Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:33 AM
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Cell Phone SMS
>
>
>
> Though this is not exactly an asterisk question, I have thoughts of
> asterisk integration.   Does anyone know how I might get a several digit SMS
> code and allow people to SMS it?   The second step is, is there a way to
> charge their bill x dollars when they do that (ie for a donation to a
> non-profit type thing).
>
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