On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Nathan Rixham <nrixham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andrew Ballard wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> kyle.smith wrote: >>> >>>> Most carriers have email-to-sms bridges. For example, I use AT&T >>>> Wireless and you can text me by sending an email to >>>> myphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> Do you end up paying for that then - or who pays for it? >>> Besides, none of the carriers around here have email-to-sms interfaces, >>> so I'd disagree with your initial claim. >>> >>> >>> /Per >>> >>> -- >>> Per Jessen, Zürich (18.0°C) >> >> It seems pretty common, at least with the few carriers I've dealt with >> in the US. >> >> As for payment, the sender doesn't pay anything (What are they going >> to do -- send a bill to the sender's e-mail address?) and the >> recipient pays standard rates for an incoming message. If it's within >> your monthly allotment, it's "free." I don't know if there are quotas >> imposed to prevent someone from "abusing" the service. >> >> Andrew > > last test I did I found they were very tight with the allocation, made an > email to sms update system for a site and the system was getting timeouts > and rejections left right and center under even moderate traffic. > > I think its safe to say that for personal traffic and light updates you'd be > fine, but nothing that would amount to any level of commercial grade server > for even a medium sized app. > I would figure as much. Otherwise, that would be a pretty easy address space to SPAM. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
