On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Thomas Kenyon wrote: > Danny Nicholas wrote: >> Why are you using a text message when you could be recording a message and >> sending it out? This would possibly be clearer than a "read-and-callback" >> scenario? >> > Do you think so? > Remembering that most people, if they pick up the phone to hear a > recorded message will immediately hang up without listening to it, then > there's the few that will listen and not get it or understand, either > because they have answered their phone in a crowded room expecting a > real person to be on the end or because a lot of the time you don't hear > a recorded message the first time you listen to it (even if you're > expecting it to be recorded). > > I think a text message is a much more elegant way (presumably relayed > though an SMSC so that sending the message to all users doesn't take a > day to do).
It's about 5 seconds to send a message with a GSM terminal, so 20 minutes for 250... Which might be OK, depending on the number of messages required... (Although cost is another factor - for those not in the UK, it costs to send a text message, and it's free to receive) Gordon _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
