On 07/07/2015 14:13, Scott Ribe wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2015, at 12:31 AM, Jorg Heymans <
jorg.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Indeed as suggested going via an sms gateway would definitely be the easier option as it's just a simple http call. But doing the math it seemed more expensive for low volume (couple of hundred messages a month tops).
> The carriers' email gateways are free to use.
>
I guess we will get off-topic if we aren't careful, but when I have
researched this in the past it seems email to sms gateways are only
available for a small number of US providers? For example I don't know
of any for the UK, nor any/many for european gateways?
In europe SMS is free or close to free if you stay "in country". Out of
country it's generally low cost.
So setting up a 3G USB datacard is quite an economical way to buzz a few
hundred SMS out, probably $10-15 equiv per month. I think the 3G sticks
will have reliability concerns once you hit tens of thousands of
messages a month (not to mention hidden "fair usage" suddenly becoming
apparent), but at that point we are into big enough volume to look at
outsourcing options.
Anyway, point was I'm not aware of any email to SMS gateways in UK and
vanishingly few in Europe?
Ed W