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It's arguably a lot easier to use Twilio for something like this because there's no hardware needed and you can be up and running in about 5 minutes for a simpl
by carlosdp 11y ago
It's arguably a lot easier to use Twilio for something like this because there's no hardware needed and you can be up and running in about 5 minutes for a simple setup. That said, the real difference here is probably that Twilio allows you to buy a bunch of numbers cheap so you can scale SMS. Carriers sometimes filter out messages if they are sent too often by one number, so it helps to spread the load across several if you are talking to a lot of users (and services like Twilio handle rate-limiting for you).
This is really cool though, the second SMS hardware hack I've seen on here this week. Glad to see people playing more in this space (especially in theatre, my other passion).
Disclaimer: I work for Twilio
- MichaelMarner 11y agoHi Carlo. Yep, a nice service that gives you an API is a real winner, and you can send messages much faster. We didn't go that route because we were projecting out of a van. in rural South Australia, and had no data connection. This was actually put together for an interactive, mixed media theatre project, If There Was A Colour Darker Than Black I'd Wear It. I've posted the followup on my website: http://www.20papercups.net/software-projects/an-interactive-projection-mapped-graffiti-wall/ http://www.20papercups.net/software-projects/an-interactive-... Cheers