[ILUG-BOM] [OT] What are sms gateways?

[sherlock at antispam]

On Monday 21 March 2005 21:53, Paul Alapatt wrote:

A GSM link is practically unusable for more than a few messages a minute.
If u require to process large nos of messages (Indian Idle) u dont use a 
gsm device at all. U set up an isdn / LL backend from the gsm provider to
 your box. The provider will reroute all traffic for your number to your 
box. For a fee of course. But the cost per sms is much lower than 
using a gsm link.A GSM link is practically unusable for more than a 
few messages a minute

> > I would like to know what are sms gateways.
>
> Gateways, typically channel the translation between two networks.
> Thus in this case its a combination of hardware and software which
> provides access to a wireless network for receiving and dispatching
>

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