SMS gateways

Wed Jan 6 21:38:09 UTC 2016

On 2016-01-06 16:28, John Levine wrote:
>> The other question, given the fact that they’re both GSM-based, is 
>> whether or not you know if AT&T or T-Mobile have cheap ‘machine’ plans 
>> for use by these types of devices.
> 
> AT&T and T-Mo both have cheap MVNOs (resellers.)  Airvoice Wireless 
> resells AT&T
> and has a $10/mo plan, texts charged at 2c each with any extra rolling 
> over to
> the next month.
> 
> Tracfone has a variety of AT&T bring your own device plans, of which
> one of the the cheapest is $18 every 90 days, including 180 texts, any 
> extra
> rolls over.  If you need more than that, you can top up 1000 texts for
> $10 at any time.
> 
> These are both SIM-only plans, put the SIM in whatever device you want.
> 
> R's,
> John

There's lots of providers out there complete with api's.  I found one in 
Canada with 1 cent per each sms to US and Canada and 3 cents each 
anywhere else.  If you want a dedicated long code, that'll cost you 
$25.00 per month.

Cheers,
Curtis