[campsite-dev] SMS Story/Comment Submission
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    Erik is working on a SMS system that will allow you to submit stories
    (and later comments) via SMS. We could also make it send out stories
    and any number of other crazy things. But the particular features arent
    what this email is about.

    In order to set up such a system, you need a GSM modem and some software
    called Kannel (open source). The cost for the modem is about $180. The
    setup process would take 1-2 days of work which includes recompiling the
    Linux kernel, so you will most likely need another computer as well.

    The question is, would you (the users of campsite) rather subscribe to
    such a service for a fee (outsource), or would you rather set it up
    yourself in-house?

    - Paul
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    As Campsite users in the middle east region (which heavily relay on all kind
    of SMS services) we would setup such a system in house. The only problem is
    that we have never done something like this before and we don't know how
    complex such a setup will be. There is also a question of legality of such a
    system because there are service taxes on SMS providers in this region of
    the world. For the above reasons, if we decided to use such a system we
    would choose to subscribe to an outsource service for few months to test out
    the system and ensure there are no legal issues with it, then we would
    probably setup the system in-house.

    btw is such a system connected somehow to campsite or is it a stand alone.
    It would be an invaluable add-on to campsite to broadcast breaking news for
    example!

    _______________________________
    Raed Neshiewat
    Director

    TamamTech Inc.
    138 Arrar Street
    Amman, Jordan 11118
    Tel: +962 6 461 7474
    Fax: +962 6 463 0238
    Email: raed@tamamtech.com


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Paul Baranowski"
    To:
    Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:36 AM
    Subject: [campsite-dev] SMS Story/Comment Submission


    > Erik is working on a SMS system that will allow you to submit stories
    > (and later comments) via SMS. We could also make it send out stories
    > and any number of other crazy things. But the particular features arent
    > what this email is about.
    >
    > In order to set up such a system, you need a GSM modem and some software
    > called Kannel (open source). The cost for the modem is about $180. The
    > setup process would take 1-2 days of work which includes recompiling the
    > Linux kernel, so you will most likely need another computer as well.
    >
    > The question is, would you (the users of campsite) rather subscribe to
    > such a service for a fee (outsource), or would you rather set it up
    > yourself in-house?
    >
    > - Paul
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    It would be integrated with Campsite, not stand-alone.

    As far as setting up in-house, we would provide instructions, and we
    estimate it would take 1-2 days to do.

    If you find out anything about the tax system, please let us know.

    - Paul


    raed@tamamtech.com wrote:
    > As Campsite users in the middle east region (which heavily relay on all
    > kind of SMS services) we would setup such a system in house. The only
    > problem is that we have never done something like this before and we
    > don't know how complex such a setup will be. There is also a question of
    > legality of such a system because there are service taxes on SMS
    > providers in this region of the world. For the above reasons, if we
    > decided to use such a system we would choose to subscribe to an
    > outsource service for few months to test out the system and ensure there
    > are no legal issues with it, then we would probably setup the system
    > in-house.
    >
    > btw is such a system connected somehow to campsite or is it a stand
    > alone. It would be an invaluable add-on to campsite to broadcast
    > breaking news for example!
    >
    > _______________________________
    > Raed Neshiewat
    > Director
    >
    > TamamTech Inc.
    > 138 Arrar Street
    > Amman, Jordan 11118
    > Tel: +962 6 461 7474
    > Fax: +962 6 463 0238
    > Email: raed@tamamtech.com
    >
    >
    > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Baranowski"
    >
    > To:
    > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:36 AM
    > Subject: [campsite-dev] SMS Story/Comment Submission
    >
    >
    >> Erik is working on a SMS system that will allow you to submit stories
    >> (and later comments) via SMS. We could also make it send out stories
    >> and any number of other crazy things. But the particular features arent
    >> what this email is about.
    >>
    >> In order to set up such a system, you need a GSM modem and some software
    >> called Kannel (open source). The cost for the modem is about $180. The
    >> setup process would take 1-2 days of work which includes recompiling the
    >> Linux kernel, so you will most likely need another computer as well.
    >>
    >> The question is, would you (the users of campsite) rather subscribe to
    >> such a service for a fee (outsource), or would you rather set it up
    >> yourself in-house?
    >>
    >> - Paul
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
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