Send a Voipcheap SMS

[Derik]

Dear all...

When you have a Voipcheap account, u can send a SMS with HTTP.

Make voipcheap account [ upgrade with a few € ]
Make a Dummy switch

Login to your voipcheap, call/sms and the to HTPP:

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Go to :

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And test your settings in the browser.
Just copy and paste.

Put the good url in your dummyswitch:

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And when you click the switch you got a sms....

Make different dummy's with different message ...
Or to different people..



Proud of myself.

[trixwood]

At 0.075 per sms? 100 sms is 7,50 euro... man that is expensive.

I'm planning to use something like 3g USB modem (like TP-LINK MA260) together with a prepaid sim only which is still way more cheaper then 0.075 per sms... Even my with cell plan i only pay 5 euro a month for unlimited calling and sms...

But then if you only want to send like a couple of messages a month, then try something like

http://textbelt.com

which is FREE, 75 sms a day, against 75 sms (a 5,63 euro) of voipcheap or any other 3rd party sms reseller (which seems to me, sorry to say, like a rip-off), may or may not work in your country (and seeing your phone number here, it probably does work, works for my dutch number),... and there are other free alternatives.
Just a good google search away...

[andreo]

Hi Derik,

Also a voipbuster.com account is working.
rate € 0.062 / sms

great job.

[trixwood]

excl. VAT :-/

[Derik]

mmm

I was searching for a free sms server:
http://www.earthsms.net/index.php
Looks promising...

Only pakistan numbers..

Perhaps there are other free services..

[trixwood]

Free dutch vodaphone... (and a lot of other providers/countries) http://www.watacrackaz.com/autosms/api.php still would use textbelt thou (less scripting)...

http://www.txtdrop.net/ <-- did not wireshark this one

For americans (international might work)
http://www.txtdrop.com/ <-- download osx widget and look inside for TxtDropFreeSMS.js and TxtDropFreeSMS.html

it contains:

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function sendTxt()
{
	var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open("POST", "http://www.txtdrop.com/widget_send.php",false);
	request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    request.send("npa="+npa.value+"&exchange="+exchange.value+"&number="+number.value+"&email="+email.value+"&body="+message.value+"&submitted=1");
    var msgstatus = request.responseText; 
    document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = msgstatus;
	npa.value = "";
	exchange.value = "";
	number.value = "";
	message.value = "";
}

which with a little fooling around

Anyway there are so many options that are free... no need to spend money.

[annieoroberts00]

It is very helpful.