Re: Best Approach for Sending Text Messages from Web App

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Send the message using twitter - tell them to get a twitter client on
their phone.

There's a few things out there on how to twitter from the i - Aaron
Bartell provided some java code to do it.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Paul Holm <pholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All,
>
> Anyone have insight/advice/gotachas for the following:
>
> We have a client that provides utility (residential and commercial
> water) to city residence.  We are building an application to allow
> citizens to see and track their water usage.  A new requirement is to
> ALERT them if their water usage exceeds a user defined limit.  The
> current alert use automated email but now they are requesting the
> optional feature of sending a text message to the public.  Example
> scenario:  your water line breaks while you are away at vacation, you
> would get a TEXT message stating that your water usage has exceeded
> 100,000 gallons or whatever your limit is.
>
> I know we can send texts using simple email if you know the carrier
> (verizon, att, etc) but this requires the user to select their carrier
> which may change.  Anyone have experience texting using any of the WS
> APIs that return carrier and email information based on a cell number
> passed in?
>
> Thanks in advance,  Paul