Re: Wired access to SMS?

[Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net>]

On 10/10/2012 5:34 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
> > You could also hitch up an analog modem to a POTS line, and then let your paging software dial your cell/home number.
> > You won't hear anything, but the CallerID will let you know that your monitoring system is *desperately* trying to get 
> > in touch :-)
>
> You could take it one step further and get an FXO card and put it in a very basic asterisk server.  Write a simple 
> program which call be pinged with issue reports as an argument, then pass those arguments to festvox or other TTS 
> application.  Output to WAV, convert to GSM, generate an asterisk call file (or write an extension) that calls you on 
> the analog line, and plays you the sound file.
>
> I've done this at several employers.  It works fairly well - perhaps better than it sounds.  If you can get a SIP 
> upstream that will let you set your CID, then send the calls out that route first, and the POTS line becomes a backup - then 
> if you ever get calls from the POTS DID, you know that you have the original problem, plus you know that the connection to 
> the SIP gateway is down.
>
> Nathan Eisenberg

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it be possible to grab SMS via 
SS7 and feed it into a softswitch or similar like an Asterisk box? All 
that would be required would be a friendly SMS provider with an "SMS 
peering" or gateway with the network(s) you care about.

I know Verizon was offering a landline VoIP phone that offered SMS long 
code support a while ago, but I was never sufficiently interested to 
examine it further.

DJ