Bandwidth Support Center Messaging Support Messaging Support Find answers to questions and documentation about your Bandwidth messaging services. - Jump to section - SMS MMS Toll Free Messaging Hosted Messaging Messaging International Reach Messaging Rate Limits V2 Messaging SMS SMPP SMS Error Codes Encoding SMS and MMS Messages Appropriate Use Guidelines (AUP) for Bandwidth Messaging What is P2P and A2P Messaging? Can the ‘from number’ used for an outbound text message be a non-Bandwidth number? Does Bandwidth handle the ‘STOP’ keyword for Opt-Out? See all 23 articles MMS What is MMS? How does Group Messaging work with MMS? What are the rate limits for MMS? What MMS message size limits must be adhered to? What happens if I send MMS to a phone number that does not support MMS? Does Bandwidth store MMS content? See all 12 articles Toll Free Messaging Toll-Free MMS (Limited Availability) What is toll-free text messaging? Why use toll-free messaging instead of a regular local phone number messaging? Why use a single toll-free number instead of buying 100s or 1000s of local phone numbers from which to send messages? Why use toll-free messaging instead of a short code? What use cases are supported by toll-free messaging? See all 31 articles Hosted Messaging How do I setup Hosted Messaging and text enable external phone numbers? What is Hosted Messaging? Can I text-enable a non-Bandwidth phone number? How long will it take for my newly added numbers to become messaging-enabled? How do I resolve the ‘Telephone numbers already exist’ error? Can I use the API to add/remove Hosted Messaging numbers? See all 12 articles Messaging International Reach Messaging Carrier Reach Are delivery receipts available for international destinations? Can I send long messages internationally? Are there per number rate limits for international SMS? How much does it cost to send SMS to international destinations? Is long code MMS likely to be supported outside the US and Canada soon? See all 13 articles Messaging Rate Limits What are rate limits? What are Bandwidth’s default rate limits for messaging? Is there an inbound rate limit (MPS)? How does Bandwidth message queuing work? Are rate limits per phone number or for an entire account? V2 Messaging V2 Messaging Infrastructure Upgrade - Customer Testing & Migration Guide V1 → V2 Messaging API Migration Guide Messaging V2 API Account Setup (UI) How to Create API Tokens & Secrets (V2) How to Create an Application (V2) HTTP V2 Messaging Benefits Guide
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