On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 01:22:16PM -0600, Baden de Bari wrote: > What are most people using Kannel for here - WAP or SMS?
I have never yet used Kannel for WAP. > For SMS, eventhough we use Kannel, we still have to link up to a > provider, such as TynTec or Clickatell, correct? Yes, although it may be as simple as plugging in a GSM modem or telephone handset into your computer. Kannel has support for GSM modems as well as for direct SMSC connectivity, usually used by mobile service providers (and it's also the only way to directly make money from mobile services as well). > If it's SMS, credits are still having to be purchased from somewhere, > right? Most mobile service providers around the world are given a share of the revenue stream from premium SMS messages received, for MO messages. For MT messages, most SMSC's have a billing information parameter (for CIMD2, for instance, this is called the tariff class), which the mobile carrier uses to keep track of how much the subscriber must be billed. -- dido The foundation of all mental illness is the avoidance of legitimate suffering. http://stormwyrm.blogspot.com/
