I was thinking of making an HTTP handler for Voipbuster, so as to give the capability to sent messages via Voipbuster services. Their fees are quite low. I went on and registered, paid my initial fee and started to play around with HTTP posts and caller ids.
I have encountered a problem though…
I have 2-3 test phones available. For the newer models, everything worked ok. On the older model (Nokia 6310i) I couldn’t manage to get my CALLERID displayed properly for messages sent via Voipbuster. The worst of all is that for this phone (the old model), Voipbuster returned delivery errors, although the message is eventually received (and charged for)…
I’ve searched their forum and found several complains about their SMS services. I was also interested in finding documentation on the HTTP response codes, but found nothing. The HTTP responses are a bit cryptic, consisting of two numbers (resembling a major and minor error code) and a text error message (probably a description).
As it stands I am afraid I cannot publish a Voipbuster gateway, as it would create more confusion than good. Imagine failed messages being delivered and charged!
Any ideas? Should I just skip it? Or publish it with a big warning?