[plug] SMS gateways

[Shayne O'Neill]

I'm not seeing any lunix clients OR api's, and the faq doesnt seem to
mention it. irritating, and unfortunately useless too me.

Seems iinet'd be the go if I can figure out if they have programatic
access.

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Shayne O'Neill. http://www.perthimc.asn.au

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Arie Hol wrote:

>
>
> On 13 Jun 2004 at 20:30, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm looking at building a facility as follows
> >
> > Someone sends an sms to a number, this is then fwded to an email list and
> > a list of perhaps 20-30 sms numbers. This is for a charity mob that need a
> > rapid response facility
> >
> > Any suggestions, cheapness is a bonus.
> >
> > I've heard MBOX are good, but dont see any evidence that they accept
> > incoming sms's , and ALL of the pages I've found are useless in terms of
> > detail.
> >
> > Telstra have a service, but theres a $2,500 fee for the setup for the
> > api..... er, no.
> >
>
>
> Ozemail have a service called "OzEmail SMS Communicator" it is intended for PC to mobile messaging
> but it works both ways.
>
> I think you will find it supports most of the functions you are seeking.
>
> More info at:
>
> http://homesite.service.ozemail.com.au/products/sms/index_html
>
> SMS Monthly Plans
> -----------------------------
> Name  					Price  		Units included  	Excess per unit
>
> SMS Casual			Nil			Nil					$0.28
>
> SMS 20 Monthly		$4.00		20					$0.25
>
> SMS 50 Monthly		$8.00		50					$0.25
>
>
> Prepaid SMS Plans
> ----------------------------
> Name 							Price 		Credits 	Expiry (months)
>
> SMS Message Block 20		$5.00		20			1
>
> SMS Message Block 100		$22.00		100		3
>
> SMS Message Block 200		$40.00		200		6
>
>
>
> They provide a downloadable software package for Windows for free  - but I 'm not sure if they
> support Linux with one.
>
> http://homesite.service.ozemail.com.au/help/download_centre/HomeSite/products/sms/ozemail_mm.exe
>
>
> HTH
>
>
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