[DUG] Sending SMSs

[Rohit Gupta]

Thanks Bevan,

we had reduced our shortlist to Clickatell, but the prices they quoted 
were higher (9c for NZ and 6c for Oz).  So we will get back to them.

Rohit

On 6/05/2016 00:00, Bevan Edwards wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I use Clickatell and have done for many years.  The interface is
> reasonably simple and includes a number of APIs, including HTTP, FTP,
> SMTP, SMPP, COM, XML, SOAP, and REST.
>
> They work on a credit system - you buy a number of credits (between 400
> and 500,000 at a time) at about $NZ0.073 per credit (at the moment, but
> subject to exchange rates).  The price decreases if you purchase 10,000
> or more credits at a once, down to $NZ0.057 per credit for 250,000 or
> more in one purchase.  If you setup a bundle (automatic top up of
> message credit balance every month), you can get a discount (currently 11%).
>
> Sending to VFNZ/2Degrees is 0.8 credits and Spark is 3.0 credits - so
> $0.059 to $0.22 per message (based on $0.073), depending on which
> network you are sending to.
>
> There is a Developer Central interface which includes summary and
> detailed reports.
>
> There are options for long numbers (India, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden,
> UK, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Australia) and shortcodes
> (Namibia, South Africa, UK, and Canada) for receiving messages.  For NZ
> there is the option to use a Danish long number, which is supported by
> Spark and VFNZ.
> Received messages (via this NZ/Danish option) uses 0.3 credits per message.
>
> You can use a variety of options for the "Sender" of the messages, but
> all senders have to be registered with Clickatell (and you may need to
> verify why you need/want to use a non-numeric sender).
>
> I hope that helps!  :D
>
> Regards,
>
> Bevan
>
>
> On 5/05/2016 5:32 p.m., Stephen Barker wrote:
>> I put this feature into one of my apps a couple of years ago and used
>> Essendex - based in Melbourne, and they are around Aus 10 cents a text.
>> I do an HTTP post to their server from memory.
>>
>> Nobody has actually used it much yet but there is renewed interest so I'm
>> also looking at other provider options. A couple of months ago I came up
>> with this short list but haven't done anything further:
>>
>> smsglobal 13c
>> twilio 8c
>> clickatell 5.7c
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rohit Gupta [mailto:rohit at cfl.co.nz]
>>> Sent: Monday, 2 May 2016 3:08 p.m.
>>> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>> Subject: [DUG] Sending SMSs
>>>
>>> We are using Message Media to send texts from our applications.  But
>>> they are very expensive.  What are other people using ?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Rohit
>>>
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*Rohit Gupta*
B.E. Elec., M.E., Mem IEEE, Mem IET
Technical Director
Computer Fanatics Ltd

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