Newbie and SMS / MMS Gateway questions

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Syirrus
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Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 06:50 pm:   

I’m interested in setting up a SMS gateway / MMS gateway and don’t know where to begin. I’m developing a website so for the purpose of taking advantage of SMS/MMS services. I want users to be able to send SMS txt messages to other users on my website from the web. I would also like people to be able to access information on my website from there phone by typing in a series of commands that would receive by the web server and passed to the SMS gateway. I would also like users to be able to send pictures and download ring tones to one another.

I have been looking at possible software packages to use. I have come across kannel, smsinabox and nowsms. What makes nowsms better or worse than kannel or smsinabox? I can make my way around a php script but I’m no guru by far. I’m looking for easy of use, price of course and speed and reliability. How well does nowsms scale? Can I use a GSM modem to send and receive? Any suggestions / help are appreciated.

Syirrus