Re: FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service

date posted 24th November 2005 14:41

it is quite expensive to setup, there are probably some free setups out
there but ou are looking at around 150 setup and then around 50 each month



andrew



>
> Hi
>
> A client has asked about setting up an SMS service. So where you'd
> send a code to an SMS number. This code would identify that the user
> is interested in a specific service and so they would receive
> information about this service. I'd imagine that the contents of the
> reply message would be stored in a database so it can be easily
> updated and have new records (codes & reply messages added).
>
> Has anyone developed such a system. Obviously I want to find out the
> cheapest way of doing this. I've gooogled but do not really know what
> I looking for. Is it an SMS gateway I need and a company like this:
>
> http://www.hslsms.com
>
> Looking at their price guide it is about 5p to send an SMS in the UK
> which seems reasonable. Is this the kind of company I need or am I
> looking in the wrong place.
>
> Any advice is appreciated as I've never looked into SMS before.
>
> TIA
> Paul
>
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