Free SMS Gateway API?

[KornFuse]

Are there any SMS Gateway APIs for free?

 

[KornFuse]

I'd also like to add (a question):

Let's say I do find a free SMS Gateway API, and use it in my web app to send text msgs to my users, will I incur any costs (of course I do realize the user wud pay whatever it costs to recv. a msg)

Thanks.

 

[jpadie]

sms gateways are pay to send. there are loads out there. just google.

this, by the way, is not a php question.

 

[KornFuse]

When you say "...pay to send.", do you mean that the APIs are not free or sending msgs via SMS Gateways is not free?

I apologise if I posted in the wrong forum. And thanks for your ans JPADIE. Where (which forum) would you recommend I post related questions. Thanks again.

 

[jpadie]

use of gateways tends to be free. the sending of a message through a gateway tends to be a chargeable event. in fact i do not know of any that are not. There are some premium MT message types that are reverse billed, but unless you are a merchant hooked in to a mobile network i think it unlikely that you will be able to use these.

remember you can also create your own gateway with relative simplicity. just hook up your phone to a computer.

I do not know of any suitable forum within tek-tips.