I just SMS bombed a crack head with 3k sms to a cricket phone in like 2 min. It was fun cutting off his phone.
clickatell looks nice they have a nice setup Have built a couple sms systems in the past but never had the big demand for it due to the costs. I wouldn't even bother going bulk. Using email to mobile number the mobile providers have such low limits and legally be very careful on carrier polices. So you would need to use standard sms and pay for each one sent out. SMS is kind of a mess different carriers have different rules/rates.
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I am also interested in SMS marketing. A lot of my lists include the mobile and home numbers on them. But most of the services that I look into are so expensive to mass send. All of my list are optin and have given permission to send text to them.
Hey there, I'm new to the forum, but I'd like to chime in if I may. I've been using twilio for phone calls and call tracking, they also do sms in bulk at about 1c / msg. I haven't used this feature much but I know it's there. The only drawback is that their interface is not very user friendly and mostly geared for the diy's techies.
