Re: [SLUG] [ot] cheap sms?

[Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any reason you can't use a *G dataplan to fire off the data
versus SMS?

At 10c a SMS you're up for a $6k bill each month.

At 160 bytes a transaction (normal SMS length), 2000 a day is roughly
300 kilobytes uncompressed. * 31 days is ~ 10 gig of data. Maybe with
compression you could squeeze that 2:1 into a data plan for (hopefully
far, far under) $50 a month.

Just a thought,



Adrian

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008, Richard Hayes wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I am doing remote telemetry with a small linux box (of course) and then 
> using sms to transfer the data.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a supplier of cheap sms for large quantity? 
> 
> Within a few months 2000 per day.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Richard Hayes
> 0414 618 425
> 
> 

> begin:vcard
> fn:Richard Hayes
> n:Hayes;Richard
> org:Nada Marketing
> adr:;;PO Box 12 ;Gordon;NSW;2072;Australia
> email;internet:nada@xxxxxxxxxxx
> tel;work:+(61) 2 8669 9835
> tel;fax:+(61) 2 9327 4908
> tel;home:+(61) 2 9436 0121
> tel;cell:0414 618 425
> x-mozilla-html:FALSE
> url:http://www.nada.com.au
> version:2.1
> end:vcard
> 

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