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How do I scale SMS throughput?

Last reviewed September 30, 20261 min readReviewed by BroadNet engineering

Quick answer

Scale SMS throughput by binding over SMPP for sustained high volume, provisioning enough operator capacity ahead of demand, spreading load across multiple binds or routes, respecting rate limits with backoff, and validating lists first so you are not wasting capacity on undeliverable numbers. Peak bursts — like OTP at a product launch — need capacity reserved in advance, not requested live.

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The long answer

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Use SMPP for sustained volume

REST has no fixed per-account rate limit at BroadNet; SMPP 3.4 binds suit sustained volumes of several hundred messages per second or more (up to 30,000 SMS/s per node), which is why OTP services and large senders use them. See /compare/sms-api-vs-smpp and /answers/what-is-smpp.

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Provision capacity ahead of peaks

Operator throughput is allocated, so reserve headroom before a known spike rather than hitting the ceiling during it. Plan for the burst, not the average. See /answers/what-is-tps and /answers/what-is-throughput-sla.

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Distribute and back off

Spread load across multiple binds or routes, and handle throttling responses with exponential backoff so you ride the limit smoothly instead of failing. See /answers/what-is-rate-limiting-sms and /answers/what-is-route-failover.

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Do not waste capacity

Validate numbers with HLR lookups and keep messages to one segment, so your throughput goes to deliverable messages rather than dead numbers or extra segments. See /products/hlr-lookup and /answers/sms-character-limit-explained.

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