Sending SMS messages to large groups

Hi all,

We are looking for a simple web based system to send mass SMS messages out to our community of volunteers.

Some people have told me Twitter could do this or are their other services available at no or low cost?

We are New Zealand based so it would have to work outside of the states

Richard Aston

Try: http://www.clickatell.com/

But know that you have to have permission from the owner of each number on the list to send them text messages. A so called "opt-in" - if not, you'll be in violation of carrier policies - and not allowed to send again. 

I don't think you can do this on Twitter, unless everyone is following you on twitter and all have their preferences set to receive text messages, which is unlikely. Unless you can ask all of your volunteers to turn this preference on. 

Other option is something like: http://www.frontlinesms.com/, which takes a little more setting up and has slower throughput, but is a great free solution.

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Ben Rigby

Chief Technical Officer

The Extraordinaries

www.beExtra.org

Author of "Mobilizing Generation2.0"

http://www.amazon.com/Mobilizing-Generation-2-0-Practical-Technologies/dp/0470227443

twitter: @benrigby

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Take a look at these websites

http://www.smscountry.com/newzealand.asp

http://www.smsjunction.com/bulksms/bulksmsnewzealand.htm