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Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

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Re: Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

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post #4

Wow! I really like this! It seems to be a simple, flexible version of TextMarks, without all the bullshit. [edit] Yeah, you should publish the prices on the page. It appears to be 5¢ per SMS, or $25 for 500.

Who are you? Verizon?

I think you mean 0.05$ not 0.05¢. There is a difference, and it's rather significant ($25/500 vs. $0.25/500).

Re: Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

#12
post #4

Wow! I really like this! It seems to be a simple, flexible version of TextMarks, without all the bullshit. [edit] Yeah, you should publish the prices on the page. It appears to be 5¢ per SMS, or $25 for 500.

Who are you? Verizon? I think you mean 0.05$ not 0.05¢. There is a difference, and it's rather significant ($25/500 vs. $0.25/500).

What are you talking about? :D

Re: Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

#16
post #14

aren't there email addresses for every common vendor? yournumber@att.net or something like that?

yeah, they exist, and you can google for a list easily, BUT there's issues.

For one, you have to know the carrier (or I guess send the email to all of them, but I could see that getting you blacklisted or something). Also, I think I've heard that they're less reliable and can get slow when a lot of people are sending to them.

Also, I'm pretty sure you'd have to use something if you want a shortcode. Having them put in an email address, though it would work, is kind of ugly.

Re: Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

#18
Am I the only one considering it a bit dodgy that the headline of this submission sounds like this was eg a blog post describing how to add SMS but instead you get to a commercial site?

I mean, I'd have nothing against this if the submitter had asked for feedback/review or simply had used a more honest title. :/

Re: Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

#19
As other commenters noted, they are providing something that a lot of other companies provide, such as the company I work for, Ez Texting.

Here's my plug: we can deliver to the US and Canada, our prices start @ 5 cents an SMS and go down from there, we've got a memorable short code (313131) and we already support a lot of people through our API. http://www.eztexting.com/api.html

Re: Howto add SMS functionality to your web app

#20
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who are you? Verizon? I think you mean 0.05$ not 0.05¢. There is a difference, and it's rather significant ($25/500 vs. $0.25/500).

What are you talking about? :D

lol... did you figure it out yet? .05cents is 5/100ths of a cent.
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