Re: SMS

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Shane Ronan wrote:
>
> > How do I send out an email if the network is down?
>
> I have had success using a GSM phone hooked up to the server via USB.
> (Bonus is that the server constantly 'charges' the phone).  An ugly set
> of scripts deals with taking emails and changing them into SMS messages
> which are then transmitted through that phone to another.

I use an old 1xRTT Sprint phone and send SMS via SNPP. As a bonus, as
long as I know the IP the PPP connection has, I can SSH back as long as
whatever took out all my hardlines doesn't kill all the cell towers in
range.

~Seth