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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / October 2004193 193 Phone ads......
The ads are very annoying....... But I read a post in another NG which someone did as a joke saying that it's probably run from someone's living room..... So what exactly would you need to run a service like this? Remembering of course that the same number is used for logos, tones, and various other things..... And how easy would such a thing be to set up? > The ads are very annoying....... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > And how easy would such a thing be to set up? You need - an sms gateway eg http://www.kannel.org/ - a reasonably fast server (say $5000) - billing system - copyright of the music/ringtones/images - money for advertising Items 4&5 mean these companies are often subsidiaries of record companies, tv stations, etc. gtoomey > > The ads are very annoying....... > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > gtoomey Ah........ So these ads are more then likely for a sponsored "company" then some schmuck doing this in their living room. What about those other things like Text Flirt? >Ah........ So these ads are more then likely for a sponsored "company" >then some schmuck doing this in their living room. What about those >other things like Text Flirt? Why don't you ring the companies involved and ask? > >Ah........ So these ads are more then likely for a sponsored "company" > >then some schmuck doing this in their living room. What about those > >other things like Text Flirt? > > Why don't you ring the companies involved and ask? I doubt they'd tell you what equipment they use On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:26:46 +0930, Mostly Organised, Often Confused (or one of their many personalities) said..... >What about those other things like Text Flirt? Text flirt is usually just a computer program with AI. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:44:21 +1000, Gregory Toomey (or one of their many personalities) said..... >> And how easy would such a thing be to set up? > >You need >- an sms gateway eg http://www.kannel.org/ >- a reasonably fast server (say $5000) >- billing system Nope. The carriers do that. The company needs to have contracts with the carriers though. >- copyright of the music/ringtones/images No copyright of the music sold as ringtones required. >- money for advertising > >Items 4&5 mean these companies are often subsidiaries of record companies, >tv stations, etc. Nope. Most are actually resellers of the big mobile content providers. PS - another cost is the number 193 193, which costs $10,000 per year. The Poster With The Longest Name On A Public Newsgroup (not including fish, meat, and other frozen foods) - 30 Oct 2004 14:49 GMT > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:44:21 +1000, Gregory Toomey (or one of their many > personalities) said..... [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > PS - another cost is the number 193 193, which costs $10,000 per year. Well they must be doing pretty alright out of it to keep going the way they are... Good luck to them if people "want" this kind of thing. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:04:02 +0930, Mostly Organised, Often Confused (or one of their many personalities) said..... >The ads are very annoying....... Yes they are. >But I read a post in another NG which someone did as a joke >saying that it's probably run from someone's living room..... > >So what exactly would you need to run a service like this? Depends how well you want to do it. The company that does this one is quite big. Some others are not so big. >Remembering of course that the same number is used for >logos, tones, and various other things..... That's the easy bit. You just have to enter a code for the piece of content you want. >And how easy would such a thing be to set up? 193 193's setup is not so easy and fairly expensive. Some smaller services are much easier. |
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