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This is the first time I'm hearing about RCS at all. I know SMS is ancient, but I had no idea it had been superceded like this. (Probably because I've never had

This is the first time I'm hearing about RCS at all. I know SMS is ancient, but I had no idea it had been superceded like this. (Probably because I've never had a smartphone - they're a bit beyond my budget.) I (very vaguely) know that SMS works on top of SS7. I just checked out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services, which was interesting but doesn't have that many technical details. I'm very curious to understand how RCS works technically. I get the impression it can work over IP as well as carrier-integrated data transfer?

foobaw 8y ago
GSM's official specification document is what we used when we implemented everything. "Advanced Messaging" and "IP-based messaging" were some other ways we referenced the feature like you said. Carriers definitely have to support this themselves and set transfer limits, provide the web-view, etc...
bambamboom 8y ago
What do you do? There are (were) wonderfully fast windows phones for for $20
- exikyut 8y ago
  Appreciate it hugely. It's actually the data costs that are prohibitive - I've only just started looking around, but my first quote is $39 for 2GB and 500 free minutes ($1/min after that) from Telstra, Australia's juggernaut. I did recently think I critically needed to stay in touch (this is why I have the numbers above), but that requirement seems to have settled a little, which is why I'm less motivated to get on the merry-go-round of plan-hunting now. Chances are prepaid is probably what I'll end up doing ("yeah this is my number this week", here we come, lol). What I _really_ want is an IoT/M2M contract, but I have no idea how to look for those :D Oh - as for what I do, currently working on kickstarting that :) this sums up the difficulty FWIW: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15004608#15005811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15004608#15005811 (I'm working on it, it's fine)

foobaw 8y ago

GSM's official specification document is what we used when we implemented everything. "Advanced Messaging" and "IP-based messaging" were some other ways we referenced the feature like you said. Carriers definitely have to support this themselves and set transfer limits, provide the web-view, etc...

bambamboom 8y ago

What do you do? There are (were) wonderfully fast windows phones for for $20

exikyut 8y ago
Appreciate it hugely. It's actually the data costs that are prohibitive - I've only just started looking around, but my first quote is $39 for 2GB and 500 free minutes ($1/min after that) from Telstra, Australia's juggernaut. I did recently think I critically needed to stay in touch (this is why I have the numbers above), but that requirement seems to have settled a little, which is why I'm less motivated to get on the merry-go-round of plan-hunting now. Chances are prepaid is probably what I'll end up doing ("yeah this is my number this week", here we come, lol). What I _really_ want is an IoT/M2M contract, but I have no idea how to look for those :D Oh - as for what I do, currently working on kickstarting that :) this sums up the difficulty FWIW: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15004608#15005811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15004608#15005811 (I'm working on it, it's fine)