[186842] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS gateways
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cmaurand@xyonet.com)
Wed Jan 6 16:38:12 2016
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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:38:09 -0500
From: cmaurand@xyonet.com
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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
