Re: Send email as a text to cell phone

[Rob <rob.couch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger,

    I am not in my home office... but I can tell you that Twilio will 
allow you to sms for like .002 cents...  yes...  that is two tenths of a 
penny.

     If I was in my home office, I had another api for a company that 
would translate the number to a provider.  then you can email for free 
after the first use.  I think it was a few pennies or less per number.  
They are considered to be a SMS Gateway.

    I know Twilio uses a escrow system, you charge it up and recharge 
when the bucket runs low.

    Twilio can do many many things... I also use it along with OpenVBX 
to run a phone system for a small office.

https://www.twilio.com/

After a quick google...  TextMagic is the SMS Gateway...  I think 
TextMagic is who I used.

But then you have to match the Carrier String to that in a table you 
keep that matches Carriers to domain names...

Such as "T-Mobile" to "tmomail.com"

If you know the Carrier, which if it is a controlled group, get the info 
up front when you get the cell number.  some carriers it is as simply as 
number@xxxxxxxxxx.  Others have number prefixes or suffixes.  You can 
google each carriers policy on sending an email to an sms text message.

Hope that helps...


On 2015-12-10 16:46, Roger Harman wrote:
> As a side project, I'd like to investigate sending some notifications to sales reps via text message.  Currently, we send emails.
>
> Any recommendations for a source/api to retrieve the carrier for a given number?  I've seen a couple via Google but wondering if anyone has real-world experience with this.
>
> It has to be a VERY low (or no) cost implementation - at least for now.   No commercial products.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Roger Harman
> COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
>   
>   


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