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Title: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on April 23, 2016, 03:25:27 PM
Is there is any services that allows you to send SMS online (without providing your phone number) and you pay using Bitcoin ? thx !


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: SFR10 on April 24, 2016, 04:06:21 AM
There used to be one in the past called "Bitsms" but haven't seen them online in a while and their website is offline as well: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=761900.0 (They charged high prices)
There's another one on github, although not sure how to use it: https://github.com/justinguy/bitcoinsms
There are few others that do this but you have to provide a phone number and a nick name (but you don't want that), and from my observation, they all charge huge prices as well.


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: Slark on April 24, 2016, 04:56:40 AM
I think this service allows you to call anyone by using their virtual phone for Bitcoins - https://bitphone.net/ (https://bitphone.net/)
Registration is not required to make a call, simple load some bitcoin and start calling. But it is not SMS service just voice calls.


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on April 24, 2016, 06:05:29 AM
I think this service allows you to call anyone by using their virtual phone for Bitcoins - https://bitphone.net/ (https://bitphone.net/)
Registration is not required to make a call, simple load some bitcoin and start calling. But it is not SMS service just voice calls.

Thanks but as I said I'm looking only for services that offers SMS sending , I don't need call.

There used to be one in the past called "Bitsms" but haven't seen them online in a while and their website is offline as well: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=761900.0 (They charged high prices)
There's another one on github, although not sure how to use it: https://github.com/justinguy/bitcoinsms
There are few others that do this but you have to provide a phone number and a nick name (but you don't want that), and from my observation, they all charge huge prices as well.

Yes I don't want something that needs my phone number because I don't see why they are supposed to get it in the first place , I don't want the receiver to get my real phone number as well . ty though


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: pjcltd on April 24, 2016, 06:13:33 AM
Is there is any services that allows you to send SMS online (without providing your phone number) and you pay using Bitcoin ? thx !
how many are you looking to send a day?


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on April 24, 2016, 06:18:58 AM
Is there is any services that allows you to send SMS online (without providing your phone number) and you pay using Bitcoin ? thx !
how many are you looking to send a day?


It won't be for spamming so It's nothing specific (nothing above 10 per day) and some days I'm not going to send any.


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: Whosdaddy on April 24, 2016, 08:42:52 PM
If you actually did a little search on the net, you could see that there are a lot of sites that offer free SMS services. If it were nothing but just sending sms, I suggest you use http://www.afreesms.com/ as it is worldwide and it even provides the details of the recipient. I personally use this for emergency or for anonymity.


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: OmegaStarScream on April 25, 2016, 05:14:12 PM
If you actually did a little search on the net, you could see that there are a lot of sites that offer free SMS services. If it were nothing but just sending sms, I suggest you use http://www.afreesms.com/ as it is worldwide and it even provides the details of the recipient. I personally use this for emergency or for anonymity.


It's basically why I'm asking on the first place , I tried that service but the receiver never received SMS so that's why I'm looking for something paid (which is most of the time better then free services).


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: mookid on April 26, 2016, 03:47:15 AM
Hi, there is quite some variety of services that you can use.
I personally used Pinger not so long ago. www.pinger.com
It requires registration, and I believe you need a USA IP address to register (not sure about this), although this can be easily circumvented by using a VPN/VPS.
The website will give you a Cellphone number and a chat window that you can use to receive and send SMS to USA numbers.
Other alternatives you can use: buy a google voice account from one of the providers that can be found on this same forum. You can also do unlimeted free calls to USA and Canada cellphones.


Title: Re: Sending SMS services ?
Post by: DaddyMonsi on April 26, 2016, 03:55:30 AM
Yes I don't want something that needs my phone number because I don't see why they are supposed to get it in the first place , I don't want the receiver to get my real phone number as well . ty though
Why not buy a different SIM card (Prepaid) and use it to register.

How many SMS are you planning to send? Is it something like a text to a bunch of mobile numbers like other countries call it text blast. There is callfire.com where they can help you with your text blast to many numbers.