Texting: Is it possible to send international SMSs in bulk using a server side scripting language (preferably PHP) for FREE?
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I have access to a million cell numbers. I also feel that disclosing this here might not be deemed very wise. However, I need to be able to send all of them a promotional SMS for free. I think there would be some PHP or server side scripts available that would allow sending in bulk but what I think the main hurdle is going to be getting access to a third party and then using its API. Please note that I would not prefer solutions like Emails to SMS gateways as it would first require determining the carrier a number belongs to and then finding corresponding Email-SMS gateway. You can see that this might not be feasible if I had to loop through even a few thousands records. The bottom line is, is there any way I can send as many international SMSs as possible without spending a penny?
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Answer:
For free? Unlikely. Since you don't have permission to send to those numbers, a legitimate solution like http://www.twilio.com might not work for you. I pay 7.5 cents per message to send to Germany, for example. I pay 0.75 cents to send within US. All of my customers consented to receive SMS from me.
Leonid S. Knyshov at Quora Visit the source
Other answers
No, I will not help you spam sorry. Its also Illegal in many countries.
Mohammed Ameenuddin Atif
To send an SMS you need to send it cvia cellphone or via an SMA gateway. If you want to do it in PHP, you probably don't have a physical connection to the server, so it will have to be through a gateway. If you can find a gateway that allows international SMSs for free, you can do it, otherwise you can't. (PHP itself can't be used to send an SMS, because something has to connect the computer on which the program is running to the cellular network - some kind of hardware.)
Al Klein
I strongly echo what the others have said and do what I can to help prevent SMS from becoming another spam haven.
John Fabrega
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