sms-gateway

I'm trying to build a simple web application that will allow people to send SMS messages FROM their mobile phone TO my application. I've seen this question asked before: Receive SMS messages by web application Receiving a SMS message in a .NET application ... but I have a few unique (I think) circumstances. I'm expecting a very small number of messages (<1,000/month) My users are all in the U.S. I don't need to SEND SMS messages - I just want to allow users to be able to send messages TO the application I'm aware of major SMS "providers" like Clickatell. However, their services seem like HUGE

I'm looking to build a program that would allow me to send SMS messages directly from the C# Application. I intend to build an 'Automatic Appointment Reminder' system that would automatically send SMS messages to recipients' mobile phones notifying them of their upcoming appointment. Could anyone advise on how I would implement this type of feature as I have no experience in 'Mobile Communications' and mobile connectivity with desktop applications. My carrier is EE (If that helps?) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Most major carriers offer an email to text service. The program can use

I am a little confused with SMS and how to send them. I been searching around and I see you can purchase sms texts. I seen some where you get 10k text msgs for $490 but I find this very expensive and I am wonder if there is a better way that would be well free. I know many sites use have SMS reminders such as google calendar. I am sure google hosts there own server or something. I also know of alot smaller sites that charge $3/month for their service and one of the features in their service is to send you sms alerts. I highly doubt that they are paying 4cents at text and allow unlimited

Are there any sites that offer the ability to send SMS for free? How do they do it? How am I able to send SMS programmatically? AndyMcKenna Send an email to the 10 digit phone number @ Carrier's domain name. Here is a list of the carriers and their domains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMS_gateways ecounysis The articles listed below may be useful: Are there any free services for sending SMS programmatically? [Programmatic SMS] [3] [Free SMS API?] [4] EDIT Removed first link that has been removed I use an SMS gateway and it is fairly easy but I did consider this as an alternative