This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the
www.bulksms.co.ukAPI which should allow simple integration of SMS
functionality into your
Ruby or Rails apps.
Sending a message is as simple as:
@service = Service.new(''username'',
''password'')
@service.send_message(''This is my message!'',
''4479123456789'')
# whats my account balance now?
puts @service.account.credits
This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds use for
it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another forthcoming
open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on Rubyforge and is
due for a first release soon.
--
Cheers,
Luke Redpath
www.lukeredpath.co.uk
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Sounds great! Where can we get it? :-) On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote:> This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the www.bulksms.co.uk > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > Ruby or Rails apps. > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > # whats my account balance now? > puts @service.account.credits > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds use for > it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another forthcoming > open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on Rubyforge and is > due for a first release soon. > > -- > Cheers, > Luke Redpath > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >
Oh dear...you know, I''m not the first person to forget the URL, and I''m sure I won''t be the last ;) http://rubyforge.org/projects/net-sms-bulksms/ On 2/21/06, Carl-Johan Kihlbom <kihlbom@gmail.com> wrote:> > Sounds great! Where can we get it? :-) > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > www.bulksms.co.uk > > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds use > for > > it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > forthcoming > > open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on Rubyforge > and is > > due for a first release soon. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Luke Redpath > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Cheers, Luke Redpath www.lukeredpath.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/c5f902ff/attachment-0001.html
Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. Thanks, AEM On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote:> > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the www.bulksms.co.ukAPI which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > Ruby or Rails apps. > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > # whats my account balance now? > puts @service.account.credits > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds use > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > -- > Cheers, > Luke Redpath > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-- Adrian Esteban Madrid -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/f9eb6af1/attachment.html
http://usa.bulksms.com is the US part of the UK company first mentioned. Randy On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote:> Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > Thanks, > > AEM > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > > > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the www.bulksms.co.uk > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds use > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Luke Redpath > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > -- > Adrian Esteban Madrid > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-- Randy Schmidt x@altorg.com 267.334.6833
Thanks! Didn''t notice that. AEM On 2/21/06, Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> wrote:> > http://usa.bulksms.com is the US part of the UK company first mentioned. > > Randy > > On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I > > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > > > Thanks, > > > > AEM > > > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > www.bulksms.co.uk > > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds > use > > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on > > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > Luke Redpath > > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Adrian Esteban Madrid > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > -- > Randy Schmidt > x@altorg.com > 267.334.6833 > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Adrian Esteban Madrid -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/ba9da994/attachment.html
I didn''t realise there was a US version. I''ll make sure there is support for the US gateway in the next release. On 2/21/06, Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> wrote:> > http://usa.bulksms.com is the US part of the UK company first mentioned. > > Randy > > On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I > > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > > > Thanks, > > > > AEM > > > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > www.bulksms.co.uk > > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds > use > > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on > > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > Luke Redpath > > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Adrian Esteban Madrid > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > -- > Randy Schmidt > x@altorg.com > 267.334.6833 > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Cheers, Luke Redpath www.lukeredpath.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/4be03b54/attachment-0001.html
I just followed the super tiny link in the upper left of the UK site. There is 4-5 countries. Randy On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote:> I didn''t realise there was a US version. I''ll make sure there is support for > the US gateway in the next release. > > > On 2/21/06, Randy Schmidt < x@altorg.com> wrote: > > > > http://usa.bulksms.com is the US part of the UK company first mentioned. > > > > Randy > > > > On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I > > > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > AEM > > > > > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk > wrote: > > > > > > > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > www.bulksms.co.uk > > > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into your > > > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds > use > > > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > > > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found on > > > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, > > > > Luke Redpath > > > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Rails mailing list > > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Adrian Esteban Madrid > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Randy Schmidt > > x@altorg.com > > 267.334.6833 > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > Luke Redpath > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-- Randy Schmidt x@altorg.com 267.334.6833
I should have the next release out in a day or two. I''ll announce it on here when its out. Stay tuned! On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote:> > Thanks! Didn''t notice that. > > AEM > > On 2/21/06, Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> wrote: > > > > http://usa.bulksms.com is the US part of the UK company first mentioned. > > > > Randy > > > > On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones > > I > > > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > AEM > > > > > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath < contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > > www.bulksms.co.uk > > > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into > > your > > > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds > > use > > > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > > > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found > > on > > > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, > > > > Luke Redpath > > > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Rails mailing list > > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Adrian Esteban Madrid > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Randy Schmidt > > x@altorg.com > > 267.334.6833 > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > -- > Adrian Esteban Madrid > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-- Cheers, Luke Redpath www.lukeredpath.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/fadcbc8f/attachment.html
So there is. Scratch that then, I''ll work support in for all countries for the next release. On 2/21/06, Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> wrote:> > I just followed the super tiny link in the upper left of the UK site. > There is 4-5 countries. > > Randy > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > > I didn''t realise there was a US version. I''ll make sure there is support > for > > the US gateway in the next release. > > > > > > On 2/21/06, Randy Schmidt < x@altorg.com> wrote: > > > > > > http://usa.bulksms.com is the US part of the UK company first > mentioned. > > > > > > Randy > > > > > > On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the > ones I > > > > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > AEM > > > > > > > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > > www.bulksms.co.uk > > > > API which should allow simple integration of SMS functionality into > your > > > > Ruby or Rails apps. > > > > > > > > > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > > > > > > > > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > > > > > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > > > > > > > > > # whats my account balance now? > > > > > puts @service.account.credits > > > > > > > > > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody > finds > > use > > > > for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for another > > > > forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can be found > on > > > > Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Luke Redpath > > > > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Rails mailing list > > > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Adrian Esteban Madrid > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Rails mailing list > > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Randy Schmidt > > > x@altorg.com > > > 267.334.6833 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Rails mailing list > > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, > > Luke Redpath > > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > > -- > Randy Schmidt > x@altorg.com > 267.334.6833 > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Cheers, Luke Redpath www.lukeredpath.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/f8489bec/attachment-0001.html
www.quios.com -- -- Tom Mornini On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Adrian Madrid wrote:> Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the > ones I seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > Thanks, > > AEM > > On 2/21/06, Luke Redpath <contact@lukeredpath.co.uk> wrote: > This is the first release of a new Ruby library for the > www.bulksms.co.uk API which should allow simple integration of SMS > functionality into your Ruby or Rails apps. > > Sending a message is as simple as: > > @service = Service.new(''username'', ''password'') > @service.send_message(''This is my message!'', ''4479123456789'') > > # whats my account balance now? > puts @service.account.credits > > This is my first open source release ever, so I hope somebody finds > use for it. I put it together as I needed SMS functionality for > another forthcoming open source Rails app called SiteSeer which can > be found on Rubyforge and is due for a first release soon. > > -- > Cheers, > Luke Redpath > www.lukeredpath.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > -- > Adrian Esteban Madrid > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060221/ceae6428/attachment.html
On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote:> > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > Thanks, > > AEMClickatell ?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060222/f9b4a06b/attachment.html
How about Australia? Any good/cheap SMS gateways here? Just starting to look at hooking SMS notifications to one of my apps now... Thanks in advance Dave M. On 23/02/06, Vivek Krishna <krishna.vivek@gmail.com> wrote:> On 2/21/06, Adrian Madrid <aemadrid@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anybody knows of a good/cheap SMS gateway here in the US? All the ones I > seem to find are in the UK or somewhere else in Europe. > > > > Thanks, > > > > AEM > > Clickatell ?? > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >
I tried both bulksms and clickatell... I have experienced less latency with clickatell (sms to Denmark) Mikkel Bruun www.strongside.dk - Football Portal(DK) nflfeed.helenius.org - Football News(DK) ting.minline.dk - Buy Old Stuff!(DK) -- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your time!
Tim Lucas
2006-Feb-22 22:12 UTC
[Rails] Australian SMS Providers (was: [ann] Net::SMS::BulkSMS 0.1)
On 23/02/2006, at 7:44 AM, David Mitchell wrote:> How about Australia? Any good/cheap SMS gateways here? > > Just starting to look at hooking SMS notifications to one of my > apps now...I''ve integrated with clickatell in the US and directsms here in Australia. My simple directsms implementation is available here: http://svn.aviditybytes.com/rails/libs/direct_sms/ Other aussie options are Legion Interactive and messagemedia. -- tim
On 22 Feb 2006 20:59:27 -0000, Mikkel Bruun < devlists-rubyonrails@devlists.com> wrote:> > I tried both bulksms and clickatell... > > I have experienced less latency with clickatell (sms to Denmark) > > > > Mikkel Bruun > > www.strongside.dk - Football Portal(DK) > nflfeed.helenius.org - Football News(DK) > ting.minline.dk - Buy Old Stuff!(DK) > > > > > -- > Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your time! > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >Does anyone know what 37Signals uses for Backpack? I''m looking for an SMS provider as well, and there seem to be a lot of choices without a clear leader. I''m a little leary of choosing the wrong one. -- Larry Wright http://www.approachingnormal.com http://www.welcometoparenthood.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060222/f0aa76e4/attachment.html
From my understanding, 37Signals'' Backpack send sms by SMTP. The user enters their mobile number and selects their network. Backpack can then sends a simple e-mail to the SMTP gateway most mobile providers offer for free, by appending the mail url onto the mobile number. SMS gateways in the US are in flux currently. This year mobile carriers have decided to require a common short code for all commercial senders (applications, services, etc.). Most major gateway providers like, Clickatell, Simplewire and others, will require you to have a CSC to go "live" on their networks. Some pseudo-gateway providers might allow you to avoid the CSC costs by using their own CSCs. But this is not supported by the mobile carriers in the US and may prevent delivery in theory. I am awaiting the a response from support at Bulksms.com, regarding their policy on CSC requirements for transmitting on US networks. They were quick to setup my account, respond to volume discount questions, but so far appear to have been stumped by my question. On Feb 22, 2006, at 6:06 PM, rails-request@lists.rubyonrails.org wrote:> Does anyone know what 37Signals uses for Backpack? I''m looking for > an SMS > provider as well, and there seem to be a lot of choices without a > clear > leader. I''m a little leary of choosing the wrong one.-- Lon Baker http://www.speedymac.com AIM: spdemac
Man, there''s so much I don''t know about SMS taht your collective help is great. Lon, please keep us updated on what you find. AEM On 2/22/06, Lon Baker <lon@speedymac.com> wrote:> > From my understanding, 37Signals'' Backpack send sms by SMTP. > > The user enters their mobile number and selects their network. > Backpack can then sends a simple e-mail to the SMTP gateway most > mobile providers offer for free, by appending the mail url onto the > mobile number. > > SMS gateways in the US are in flux currently. This year mobile > carriers have decided to require a common short code for all > commercial senders (applications, services, etc.). > > Most major gateway providers like, Clickatell, Simplewire and others, > will require you to have a CSC to go "live" on their networks. > > Some pseudo-gateway providers might allow you to avoid the CSC costs > by using their own CSCs. But this is not supported by the mobile > carriers in the US and may prevent delivery in theory. > > I am awaiting the a response from support at Bulksms.com, regarding > their policy on CSC requirements for transmitting on US networks. > > They were quick to setup my account, respond to volume discount > questions, but so far appear to have been stumped by my question. > > On Feb 22, 2006, at 6:06 PM, rails-request@lists.rubyonrails.org wrote: > > > Does anyone know what 37Signals uses for Backpack? I''m looking for > > an SMS > > provider as well, and there seem to be a lot of choices without a > > clear > > leader. I''m a little leary of choosing the wrong one. > > -- > Lon Baker > http://www.speedymac.com > AIM: spdemac > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Adrian Esteban Madrid -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060222/7daddbaf/attachment.html
Tim Lucas
2006-Feb-23 00:06 UTC
[Rails] Which SMS provider is best? (was [ann] Net::SMS::BulkSMS 0.1)
On 23/02/2006, at 9:46 AM, Larry Wright wrote:> Does anyone know what 37Signals uses for Backpack? I''m looking for > an SMS provider as well, and there seem to be a lot of choices > without a clear leader. I''m a little leary of choosing the wrong one.Honestly, it doesn''t matter who they use... they pretty much all provide the same thing. There''s no "wrong" choice... just look for the ones with the most applicable services and price. They will all have a SOAP/HTTP API you call to send/recieve messages. -- tim
On 2/22/06, Lon Baker <lon@speedymac.com> wrote:> > From my understanding, 37Signals'' Backpack send sms by SMTP. > > The user enters their mobile number and selects their network. > Backpack can then sends a simple e-mail to the SMTP gateway most > mobile providers offer for free, by appending the mail url onto the > mobile number.Is there any downside to sending SMS by SMTP? It would certainly seem to be less complicated. -- Larry Wright http://www.approachingnormal.com http://www.welcometoparenthood.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060223/1d49a58e/attachment.html
On Feb 22, 2006, at 9:44 PM, Larry Wright wrote:> Is there any downside to sending SMS by SMTP? It would certainly > seem to be > less complicated.It depends on your needs. SMS by SMTP is good for self-managed, non-critical message delivery. In self-managed, I am referring to where the recipient is in control of their settings. With number portability, SMS by SMTP has the drawback that if a user changes networks and forgets to update their "network" setting, your message ends up in a bit bucket. It is also susceptible to typical e-mail delivery issues such as, spam filtering, speed of delivery and lack of reception confirmation. On most networks, most of the time, it is comparable to direct SMS delivery. On the other hand, direct SMS provides a range of advantages including, confirmation of reception, fast delivery, network agnostic delivery, rich content support and two-way communication. SMS gateways will let you know immediately if there is an issue with a message. No waiting for bounces, or worse, silent non-delivery of messages. I have implemented both types of SMS delivery systems, with great success. My preference is to use direct SMS delivery. This is why I am hopeful that a company like Bulksms.com will enable small projects to take advantage of the ubiquitous and robust nature of direct SMS communications. If you really want to go in deep, check out the Kannel.org. It is an open source WAP/SMS gateway project that lets you setup your own gateway. It can be complicated to setup, but potentially you could become your own gateway. Hope I didn''t ramble too much. SMS has been my bitch lover lately. ;-) -- Lon Baker http://www.speedymac.com AIM: spdemac
On 2/23/06, Lon Baker <lon@speedymac.com> wrote:> > On Feb 22, 2006, at 9:44 PM, Larry Wright wrote: > > > Is there any downside to sending SMS by SMTP? It would certainly > > seem to be > > less complicated. > > It depends on your needs. > > SMS by SMTP is good for self-managed, non-critical message delivery. > > In self-managed, I am referring to where the recipient is in control > of their settings. > > With number portability, SMS by SMTP has the drawback that if a user > changes networks and forgets to update their "network" setting, your > message ends up in a bit bucket. > > It is also susceptible to typical e-mail delivery issues such as, > spam filtering, speed of delivery and lack of reception confirmation. > > On most networks, most of the time, it is comparable to direct SMS > delivery. > > On the other hand, direct SMS provides a range of advantages > including, confirmation of reception, fast delivery, network agnostic > delivery, rich content support and two-way communication. > > SMS gateways will let you know immediately if there is an issue with > a message. No waiting for bounces, or worse, silent non-delivery of > messages. > > I have implemented both types of SMS delivery systems, with great > success. My preference is to use direct SMS delivery. > > This is why I am hopeful that a company like Bulksms.com will enable > small projects to take advantage of the ubiquitous and robust nature > of direct SMS communications. > > If you really want to go in deep, check out the Kannel.org. It is an > open source WAP/SMS gateway project that lets you setup your own > gateway. It can be complicated to setup, but potentially you could > become your own gateway. > > Hope I didn''t ramble too much. SMS has been my bitch lover lately. ;-) > > Lon,When you say direct delivery do you mean the HTTP GET interface? I have tried that recently and delivery time has been really good. However not many provide a way to receive SMS via HTTP GET/POST,ie call a url on your server to notify an incoming SMS.Is there any such provider in the US or Asia? Also is Kannel an SMPP gateway?may be thats what you meant by direct SMS? Vivek -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060223/2f3945dc/attachment-0001.html
On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:43 PM, Vivek wrote:> When you say direct delivery do you mean the HTTP GET interface? I > have > tried that recently and delivery time has been really good. However > not many > provide a way to receive SMS via HTTP GET/POST,ie call a url on > your server > to notify an incoming SMS.Is there any such provider in the US or > Asia?Yes. I believe the latest version of Kannel is SMPP. When I say direct, I simply meant using an actual SMS gateway provider to deliver your message vs. sending an e-mail to the mobile phone e-mail address (SMS by SMTP). Most providers offer a range of ways to access their gateways, such as SMPP, HTTP/S, SMTP, FTP, XML, COM or Console. I have been using a console tool to access Simplewire''s gateway for a couple of years without any issue. The following companies offer two-way services, but the pricing and capabilities differ. Simplewire requires you to have a CSC. Bulk SMS includes the ability to receive replies to messages you send, or signup for a special account for dedicated reception (probably requiring a CSC). I am not sure how Clickatell works exactly. Clickatell http://www.clickatell.com/brochure/products/2way.php Simplewire http://www.simplewire.com/prodserv/ Bulk SMS http://usa.bulksms.com/w/solutions.htm -- Lon Baker
Tim, that''s awesome. Just what I am looking for - will give it a go! Tim Lucas wrote:> > I''ve integrated with clickatell in the US and directsms here in > Australia. > > My simple directsms implementation is available here: > http://svn.aviditybytes.com/rails/libs/direct_sms/ >-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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