Technically, we have the ability to send/receive SMS messages on our DIDs now with that vast majority of our carrier partners so it's been on the radar.

The problem is that we haven't really come up with a good way to offer it in a marketable way due to the costs. Basically all of our carriers charge a small setup fee & small monthly fee for each DID activated for SMS (at least for receiving) and then around $0.01 per message sent/received.

Obviously SMS is a big profit center for wireless even though it costs very little to provide and it seems that the wholesale VoIP carriers have kept this in mind and want some 1000% profit margins in there too.

So with the current wholesale pricing for it, it's hard to figure out how to integrate it into our service in a way that's profitable (or even breaking even) but still at a pricepoint that people would find it useful.

Any ideas?