RE: SMS Gateway

[Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>]

As a retro twist on that, we still use alpha pagers with 
TAP.   Basement level coverage on a single AA battery that lasts 3 months.

The nice thing about them is that you can turn your cellphone off at 
night (yes, I do that), and still know that important alerts will 
come through the pager.

At 01:36 PM 15/09/2015, Gary T. Giesen wrote:
> Another option might be an analog modem + phone line + carrier TAP gateway
> (if your carrier(s) has/have one). Might or might not be more
> cost-effective.
>
> GTG
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Martin
> > Hotze
> > Sent: September 15, 2015 8:37 AM
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: SMS Gateway
> >
> > > From: Leonardo Arena <rnalrd () gmail com>
> > > To: Graham Johnston <johnstong () westmancom com>
> > > Cc: "'nanog () nanog org'" <nanog () nanog org>
> > >
> > > Il giorno lun, 14/09/2015 alle 14.53 +0000, Graham Johnston ha scritto:
> > > > Today we use a product from MultiTech Systems call MultiModem iSMS
> > > > to
> > > send SMS text messages from our monitoring system to our on call staff.
> > > This is a 2G product and we need to replace it soon. I know there are
> > > more generic cellular modems that can do texting if you are willing to
> > > put in the effort, the product we use currently though has a simple
> > > HTTP based API specifically to send SMS. Is anybody out there using
> > > something similar that can work on 3G or 4G networks?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Here we use SMSTools (http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/) on a Linux box
> > > with a Multitech Serial/USB modem. It takes formatted text files from
> > > a spooling directory. It never let us down since some years.
> >
> > +1 for smstools.
> >
> > and I'd add playsms.org
> >
> > grab yourself a compatible USB 3G stick which you can switch to a modem.
> eg
> > a HUAWEI E1762 should work. You might want to look into a device with an
> > antenna plug so you can put the antenne out of your cabinet for better
> > reception.
> >
> > martin

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Clayton Zekelman
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