title: Is the SMPP (binary SMS) protocol dead?
body: <p>Has anyone dealt with the SMPP binary SMS protocol?  I know this technology is still fairly widely used by the messaging aggregators and carriers, but it seems like the SMPP spec is not being updated, and support for SMPP libraries is slowly fading away.  The "SMS Forum" (<a href="http://www.smsforum.net/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.smsforum.net</a>) was shut down in 2007.</p>
  
  <p>To me, it feels like the protocol is dying in favor of web-service interfaces, but I was curious what other people think.</p>