[LRUG] Chat Digest, Vol 125, Issue 3

Wed Jun 8 00:12:39 PDT 2016

I have used http://www.cardboardfish.com/ for several years without any problems. Offer direct routes to leading mobile operators, meaning messages are delivered very quickly.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:02 PM +0100, <chat-request at lists.lrug.org> wrote:

Send Chat mailing list submissions to
	chat at lists.lrug.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	chat-request at lists.lrug.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
	chat-owner at lists.lrug.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Chat digest..."

Today's Topics:

   1. Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (gvim)
   2. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (Ben Lovell)
   3. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (damilola odelola)
   4. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (Sam Phillips)
   5. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (Josh McMillan)
   6. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (Ian Moss)
   7. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (Mark Blackman)
   8. Re: Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app (Beo)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:39:48 +0100
From: gvim 
To: chat at lists.lrug.org
Subject: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID: <5756DCB4.9070408 at gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed

Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?

gvim

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:11:35 +0100
From: Ben Lovell 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

On 7 June 2016 at 15:39, gvim  wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?
>
>
Twilio is the obvious choice, and has always worked well for us.

Cheers,
Ben

> gvim
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chat mailing list
> Chat at lists.lrug.org
> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:23:36 +0100
From: damilola odelola 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Twillio or MessageBird

Kindly,
Lola
On 7 Jun 2016 5:11 pm, "Ben Lovell"  wrote:

>
>
> On 7 June 2016 at 15:39, gvim  wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?
>>
>>
> Twilio is the obvious choice, and has always worked well for us.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
>> gvim
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chat mailing list
>> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
>> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chat mailing list
> Chat at lists.lrug.org
> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

------------------------------

Message: 4
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:23:44 +0100
From: Sam Phillips 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

We used ClockworkSMS (https://www.clockworksms.com/) at Shutl - one
advantage over Twilio is you can send multi-part message which I understand
is/was not possible with Twilio. It worked fine, integration was easy
enough and it was reliable. Can be a bit fiddly to get the
auto-renewal/topup options working for payment.

Sam

On 7 June 2016 at 17:11, Ben Lovell  wrote:

>
>
> On 7 June 2016 at 15:39, gvim  wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?
>>
>>
> Twilio is the obvious choice, and has always worked well for us.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
>> gvim
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chat mailing list
>> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
>> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chat mailing list
> Chat at lists.lrug.org
> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

------------------------------

Message: 5
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:25:05 +0100
From: Josh McMillan 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Nexmo (https://www.nexmo.com/) is also probably worth a look at.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Sam Phillips  wrote:

> We used ClockworkSMS (https://www.clockworksms.com/) at Shutl - one
> advantage over Twilio is you can send multi-part message which I understand
> is/was not possible with Twilio. It worked fine, integration was easy
> enough and it was reliable. Can be a bit fiddly to get the
> auto-renewal/topup options working for payment.
>
> Sam
>
> On 7 June 2016 at 17:11, Ben Lovell  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 7 June 2016 at 15:39, gvim  wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?
>>>
>>>
>> Twilio is the obvious choice, and has always worked well for us.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>> gvim
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Chat mailing list
>>> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>>> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
>>> Manage your subscription:
>>> http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chat mailing list
>> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
>> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chat mailing list
> Chat at lists.lrug.org
> Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
> Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
> List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

------------------------------

Message: 6
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 18:04:28 +0100
From: Ian Moss 
To: chat at lists.lrug.org
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID:
	<1465319068.2068323.630662113.3998D06E at webmail.messagingengine.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Twillio were great, and very helpful. Their API is a sinch to use.
However, establish what your target countries are. There's some which
you may have to revert to local providers with traditional HTTP
POSTs/etc to send messages, which will take you extra time if you're
used to the simplicity of Twillio. Nexmo have a slightly larger
country base, but I didn't get time to use them. Worth proving your
service in UK/USA/locally first, unless it's targeting a niche in a
country far away.

Hth, Ian.
--
Ian Moss
CTO-level consultancy services. Meet for a coffee?
https://calendly.com/oceanician
http://twitter.com/oceanician // http://www.linkedin.com/in/alteris // 07790450877

----- Original message -----
From: Josh McMillan 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:25:05 +0100

Nexmo (https://www.nexmo.com/) is also probably worth a look at.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Sam Phillips  wrote:
> We used ClockworkSMS (https://www.clockworksms.com/) at Shutl - one
> advantage over Twilio is you can send multi-part message which I
> understand is/was not possible with Twilio. It worked fine,
> integration was easy enough and it was reliable. Can be a bit fiddly
> to get the auto-renewal/topup options working for payment.
>
> Sam
>
>
> On 7 June 2016 at 17:11, Ben Lovell  wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 7 June 2016 at 15:39, gvim  wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?
>>
>>
>> Twilio is the obvious choice, and has always worked well for us.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>> gvim
>>>
>>>  _______________________________________________
>>>  Chat mailing list Chat at lists.lrug.org Archives:
>>>  http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org Manage your
>>>  subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org List
>>>  info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>  Chat mailing list
>> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>>  Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
>>  Manage your subscription:
>>  http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>  List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>  Chat mailing list
> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>  Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
>  Manage your subscription:
>  http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>  List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>
_________________________________________________
Chat mailing list
Chat at lists.lrug.org
Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
Manage your subscription:
http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

------------------------------

Message: 7
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 20:33:39 +0100
From: Mark Blackman 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

> On 7 Jun 2016, at 15:39, gvim  wrote:
> 
> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?

For outbound, I suggest AQL, https://aql.com/products/messaging

------------------------------

Message: 8
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 20:46:40 +0100
From: Beo 
To: "Let me in..." 
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Recommend UK SMS gateway for Rails app
Message-ID: <4DC4E3DA-1D2E-4B74-820D-BD8F19FBB685 at beo.so>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

May not be applicable to your case but if you?re sending notifications to the few rather than the many, there are some good push notification services out there. We use pushover, you put their app on your phone then send notifications to their API. Much cheaper than SMS. 

Nick Tabernacle  | nick at beo.so | 07515653219

On 7 Jun 2016, at 20:33, Mark Blackman  wrote:

> On 7 Jun 2016, at 15:39, gvim  wrote:
> 
> Can anyone recommend a decent UK SMS gateway for a Rails app?

For outbound, I suggest AQL, https://aql.com/products/messaging

_______________________________________________
Chat mailing list
Chat at lists.lrug.org
Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 

------------------------------

Subject: Digest Footer

_______________________________________________
Chat mailing list
Chat at lists.lrug.org
Archives: http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org
Manage your subscription: http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org
List info: http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org

------------------------------

End of Chat Digest, Vol 125, Issue 3
************************************

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org/attachments/20160608/9b5aa59e/attachment.html>