Rails - Apr 2008 - SMS's - whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS's to/from a Ruby on Rails application?

Hi,

Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS''s to/from a Ruby on Rails
application?  I''m assuming this might be a company that has a
value-for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send, and
receive SMS''s?

Thakns

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On 09 Apr 2008, at 14:06, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS''s to/from a Ruby on
Rails
> application?  I''m assuming this might be a company that has a
value-
> for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send, and  
> receive SMS''s?
Depends on where you live, where you want to send SMSs to and the  
volume you expect to send. Just google for "sms gateway" and quite a  
few will pop up. You''ll have to choose what method of interfacing  
you''d like to use (e-mail sms sending/receiving, xml/webservice api,  
…) and then compare prices yourself, maybe even try to negotiate a  
better deal if the total monthly SMS volume is very large.

There is a plugin for sending them, receiving SMSs is always quite a  
bit harder: http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms_fu
Don''t know what service is uses.


Best regards

Peter De Berdt


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Or you can so it for free with SMS fu.

http://brendanlim.com/2008/2/28/send-text-messages-from-rails-with-sms-fu


On Apr 9, 8:22 am, Peter De Berdt
<peter.de.be...-LPO8gxj9N8aZIoH1IeqzKA@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On 09 Apr 2008, at 14:06, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
>
> > Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS''s to/from a Ruby
on Rails
> > application?  I''m assuming this might be a company that has a
value-
> > for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send, and
> > receive SMS''s?
>
> Depends on where you live, where you want to send SMSs to and the
> volume you expect to send. Just google for "sms gateway" and
quite a
> few will pop up. You''ll have to choose what method of interfacing
> you''d like to use (e-mail sms sending/receiving, xml/webservice
api,
> ...) and then compare prices yourself, maybe even try to negotiate a
> better deal if the total monthly SMS volume is very large.
>
> There is a plugin for sending them, receiving SMSs is always quite a
> bit harder:http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms_fu
> Don''t know what service is uses.
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter De Berdt
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Thanks,

I''m in Australia actually, so it seems SMS Fu won''t help here
at the moment
from what I read. Is this correct?

Regards
Greg

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:02 AM, randomutterings... <
randomutterings-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Or you can so it for free with SMS fu.
>
> http://brendanlim.com/2008/2/28/send-text-messages-from-rails-with-sms-fu
>
>
> On Apr 9, 8:22 am, Peter De Berdt
<peter.de.be...-LPO8gxj9N8aZIoH1IeqzKA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 09 Apr 2008, at 14:06, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> >
> > > Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS''s to/from a
Ruby on Rails
> > > application?  I''m assuming this might be a company that
has a value-
> > > for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send,
and
> > > receive SMS''s?
> >
> > Depends on where you live, where you want to send SMSs to and the
> > volume you expect to send. Just google for "sms gateway" and
quite a
> > few will pop up. You''ll have to choose what method of
interfacing
> > you''d like to use (e-mail sms sending/receiving,
xml/webservice api,
> > ...) and then compare prices yourself, maybe even try to negotiate a
> > better deal if the total monthly SMS volume is very large.
> >
> > There is a plugin for sending them, receiving SMSs is always quite a
> > bit harder:http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms_fu
> > Don''t know what service is uses.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Peter De Berdt
> >
>
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Indeed, in the US there are still a few free services, but as soon as  
you venture into Europe or Australia or you want to receive SMSs and  
send them with the certainty of arriving in time, you need to use a  
commercial gateway. Google around for "sms gateway  
<name_of_australian_providers>" and see which one delivers the best  
service for you.

On 09 Apr 2008, at 22:31, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> I''m in Australia actually, so it seems SMS Fu won''t help
here at the
> moment from what I read. Is this correct?
>
> Regards
> Greg
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:02 AM, randomutterings...
<randomutterings-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
> > wrote:
>
> Or you can so it for free with SMS fu.
>
> http://brendanlim.com/2008/2/28/send-text-messages-from-rails-with-sms-fu
>
>
> On Apr 9, 8:22 am, Peter De Berdt
<peter.de.be...-LPO8gxj9N8aZIoH1IeqzKA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 09 Apr 2008, at 14:06, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> >
> > > Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS''s to/from a
Ruby on
> Rails
> > > application?  I''m assuming this might be a company that
has a
> value-
> > > for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send,
> and
> > > receive SMS''s?
> >
> > Depends on where you live, where you want to send SMSs to and the
> > volume you expect to send. Just google for "sms gateway" and
quite a
> > few will pop up. You''ll have to choose what method of
interfacing
> > you''d like to use (e-mail sms sending/receiving,
xml/webservice api,
> > ...) and then compare prices yourself, maybe even try to negotiate a
> > better deal if the total monthly SMS volume is very large.
> >
> > There is a plugin for sending them, receiving SMSs is always quite a
> > bit harder:http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms_fu
> > Don''t know what service is uses.
Best regards

Peter De Berdt


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