<div dir="ltr">Just adding a different perspective to the discussion.<div><br></div><div>Isn't SMS like Faxes? With the amount of Apps that most people could use these days and could subscribe to messaging services.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Such as:</div><div><br></div><div>- Facebook Alerts (Easy to write an app for Facebook which people could subscribe to many kinds of alerts)</div><div>- WhatsApp (Not sure if there is an API, but it is linked to a phone)<br>
</div><div>- GroupMe - Similar to WhatsApp</div><div>- GoogleChat (Less useful)</div><div>- Even Twitter wish specific hashtags (#simtronic-nsw-dsl)</div><div>- Many others</div><div>or... writing your own App.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I think the costs of many of the above would essentially be operationally free.</div><div><br></div><div>The pain in the ass on SMS is that I still get SMS alerts for some carriers that I've not dealt with in 5 years.... and getting off these is somewhat of a nightmare.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think we're mature enough that we should be able to move to the App world or piggyback on someone elses infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>If someones was keen, they could probably write a multi-platform app which you could (for a fee maybe) provide an API for carriers, and let them have multiple broadcast channels (Alerts, info, sales, etc) that users could subscribe to and send with extreme minimum cost.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Just a thought.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>...Skeeve</div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Nathan Brookfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are presently using ExeTEL for SMS Services for our customers and for integration into our management and customer systems using their API but the delay in there text messages being dispatched is painful and we are getting down alerts
for services a minute after they have actually come back online and I will eventually break my iPhone if I have to keep waiting for tokens for two factor authentication.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for recommendations for SMS services that people are using which people know meet the type of requirements we have in this industry. My main concerns are price per message, API functionality and reliability and prompt delivery
of messages.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Reply on or off list would be fantastic. I know of quite a few providers but someone local would be a positive as well.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindest Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nathan <u></u><u></u></p>
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