Ask HN: Mass SMS text message services?
I'm asking a question on behalf of my brother who runs a youth non-profit org in Providence, RI. He's looking for a way to send text messages, en masse, to an opt-in network of constituents (mostly teens).
Can any recommend any good services to handle that?
He's looked at the follow:
http://www.sumotext.com/
http://www.eztexting.com/
http://www.txtmobster.com/
He's also looked into working with carriers directly. I really don't know what is the best way to handle an opt-in, group text alert list, or if any of these companies are reputable, so I thought I'd ask the HN community.
Thanks! If you are OK with a free, ad-funded service, take a look at zeepmobile.com, they offer a free API with which you can send and receive SMS to your subscribed users. The only con is that it's an API and you need to spend a small amount of time developing the app. txtmob is at sourceforge now: http://sourceforge.net/projects/txtmob/ here's its history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TXTMob check out our app textPlus:
http://textPlus.com Group text with conversation.