Haven't fully thought through how it could work, but I wonder if
you could implement the messaging using Whatsapp? I realize this
would require integration work, but it might represent a huge
savings for you in the long run moving away from SMS. Food for
thought.
The further thought being ... you could create a WhatsApp group
for each High Perf system. When someone clicks a particular system
as a favorite, they would get added to that particular group. For
privacy, WhatsApp does allow you to hide participants. Again, food
for thought, but may be worth the investigation if you're staring
at a $2K/mo operating cost for SMS.
Yeah, that's insane that the cell providers want that kind of
money on the SMS messages.
My daughter was in Africa for Peace Corps and we found that the
telcos would charge $5/min to talk and some crazy messaging fee. So
we basically lived on WhatsApp for a couple years to communicate
which cost nothing...
Haven't fully thought through how
KISS high performance systems and high costs for us
Posted by mkwalsh on 22nd of Aug 2024 at 09:50 am
Haven't fully thought through how it could work, but I wonder if you could implement the messaging using Whatsapp? I realize this would require integration work, but it might represent a huge savings for you in the long run moving away from SMS. Food for thought.
The further thought being ...
Posted by mkwalsh on 22nd of Aug 2024 at 10:06 am
The further thought being ... you could create a WhatsApp group for each High Perf system. When someone clicks a particular system as a favorite, they would get added to that particular group. For privacy, WhatsApp does allow you to hide participants. Again, food for thought, but may be worth the investigation if you're staring at a $2K/mo operating cost for SMS.
yeah we're going to check
Posted by matt on 22nd of Aug 2024 at 10:16 am
yeah we're going to check it out. I could see the SMS costs running into the $2000 to $3000 range per month, which is beyond ridiculous honestly
Yeah, that's insane that the
Posted by oreo on 22nd of Aug 2024 at 11:10 am
Yeah, that's insane that the cell providers want that kind of money on the SMS messages.
My daughter was in Africa for Peace Corps and we found that the telcos would charge $5/min to talk and some crazy messaging fee. So we basically lived on WhatsApp for a couple years to communicate which cost nothing...
A private members only discord
Posted by swamii2021 on 22nd of Aug 2024 at 10:41 am
A private members only discord feed would be awesome. And more cost effective. Just an idea.