[asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to cellphones

[Robert Huddleston]

When you say expensive... You are talking about pennies per SMS... Again -
if you want to cheat and go the email route - that would be free... It's
unreliable and requires some thought...

If you want more information / consulting contact me off-list.

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Landy Landy
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:49 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to cellphones

Robert.

Thanks for replying.

--- On Fri, 8/5/11, Robert Huddleston <rhuddleston at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Huddleston <rhuddleston at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to cellphones
> To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 11:50 AM
> This is off topic...
> 
> Asterisk will not provide you with the ability to SMS
> random cell phones.

We actually have a group of people belonging to a rotary club and we wanted
to automate the sms process... is not random cell phones.

> 
> Being able to "transport" the SMS yourself is a grewling
> process.. Look at
> software like Kamel...
> 
> Basically you have three options:
> ( a ) cheat and use the email method - i.e. determine
> everyone's carrier and
> use the email address equivalent
> ( b ) utilize a 3rd party to transmit the sms for you
> (cost) and they might

Looks like this is the easiest option but, very expensive for what we really
want to do.

> end up doing ( a ) above without you knowing
> ( c ) spend lots of money and headaches transporting sms
> yourself.
> 
> Either way it's off-topic and not related to Asterisk.
> 

Sorry, didn't think this wasnt an asterisk related question.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]
> On Behalf Of Landy Landy
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:42 AM
> To: asterisk
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Assistance sending mass sms to
> cellphones
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I would like to know if is possible to send mass sms with
> an php agi script
> through asterisk?
> 
> For example: I have about 50 cellphone numbers I would like
> to text whenever
> theres a meeting, I should load the numbers from a database
> and send a
> message via web with php and have asterisk send it.
> 
> I've been googling about it but, I get a lot of providers
> that already do
> this but, I would like to learn how to do it myself since
> my budget is very
> minimum.
> 
> Thanks in advanced for your help and time.
> 
> 
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