Re: SMS gateways

[Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy () watchcomm net>]

It was some special offer on our AT&T small business site. Maybe they were
$40 each. I wasn't the one that ordered them but I know they were pretty
cheap and so far working fine!


Adam Kennedy | Network & Systems Engineer

Broadband Networks

A Watch Communications Company

PO Box 8 | Rushville, Indiana | 46173

Tel - 866-586-1518 | Fax - 866-567-3897

adamkennedy () broadbandnetworks com

www.broadbandnetworks.com

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Ray Orsini <ray () orsiniit com> wrote:

> We use those a lot with mobile hotspots. Where did you find them for $20?
> We
> usually pay about 2x that much for used untis.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Adam Kennedy
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 12:56 AM
> To: frnkblk () iname com
> Cc: John Levine <johnl () iecc com>; nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: SMS gateways
>
> I picked up two of the AT&T "Beam" USB devices that use the LTE network.
> Netgear is the listed manufacturer and has firmware for the units that
> makes
> them usable on Linux. I loaded the driver for those into a Debian box and
> I'm able to use smstools open source software to send SMS from the unit
> directly to cell network. The AT&T Beam's were $20 I think and cost us
> about
> $15/mo as additional lines on our corporate plan.
>
>
> Adam Kennedy | Network & Systems Engineer
>
> Broadband Networks
>
> A Watch Communications Company
>
> PO Box 8 | Rushville, Indiana | 46173
>
> Tel - 866-586-1518 | Fax - 866-567-3897
>
> adamkennedy () broadbandnetworks com
>
> www.broadbandnetworks.com
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy () watchcomm net>
> wrote:
>
> > I picked up two of the AT&T "Beam" USB devices that use the LTE network.
> > Netgear is the listed manufacturer and has firmware for the units that
> > makes them usable on Linux. I loaded the driver for those into a
> > Debian box and I'm able to use smstools open source software to send
> > SMS from the unit directly to cell network. The AT&T Beam's were $20 I
> > think and cost us about $15/mo as additional lines on our corporate plan.
> >
> >
> > Adam Kennedy | Network & Systems Engineer
> >
> > Broadband Networks
> >
> > A Watch Communications Company
> >
> > PO Box 8 | Rushville, Indiana | 46173
> >
> > Tel - 866-586-1518 | Fax - 866-567-3897
> >
> > adamkennedy () broadbandnetworks com
> >
> > www.broadbandnetworks.com
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:38 PM, <frnkblk () iname com> wrote:
> >
> > > I plan to continue living in a rural area with a GSM provider that
> > > will support 2G. =)
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Levine [mailto:johnl () iecc com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 5:24 PM
> > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > Cc: frnkblk () iname com
> > > Subject: Re: SMS gateways
> > >
> > > In article <006501d14b31$7c478e40$74d6aac0$@iname.com> you write:
> > > > Surprised no one has mentioned the Multimodem iSMS:
> > > http://www.multitech.com/brands/multimodem-isms
> > > > Been using it for 5+ years -- first three years the code wasn't
> > > > stable,
> > > needing a reboot every few months,
> > > > but the latest code has been stable for 2+ years.
> > >
> > > It looked interesting until I got to the part where it says it uses a
> > > 2G GSM modem.  AT&T has said quite firmly that they will turn off
> > > their 2G network in 2017, and press reports say that T-Mobile is
> > > already turning off 2G in favor of LTE.
> > >
> > > What do you plan to do instead next year?