Free UK SMS service

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malcolmboston
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Free UK SMS service

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Im looking for a free UK SMS service, is there such a thing?

Ive seen numerous free american / canadian but no UK.

I intend on sending notification via text's to site admins, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Regards, Mal
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Chris Corbyn
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Sorry you're out of luck ;) The reason it's free in US is because US SMS can be done over the email network.
ianhull
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Post by ianhull »

Mal, here's how I do it

I run my sms server from my office, simple mobile phone/02 sim card with unlimited texts connected to the office server.

I use Kylix sms server software, works with php MySQL, my web application is hosted elsewhere and Kylix connects to the MySQL Server every 10 seconds to check for new messages.

Really cheap solution, works great.

Kind regards
malcolmboston
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Post by malcolmboston »

ianhull wrote:Mal, here's how I do it

I run my sms server from my office, simple mobile phone/02 sim card with unlimited texts connected to the office server.

I use Kylix sms server software, works with php MySQL, my web application is hosted elsewhere and Kylix connects to the MySQL Server every 10 seconds to check for new messages.

Really cheap solution, works great.

Kind regards
great idea, ill be looking into this.....
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