[117628] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Tue Sep 22 12:30:42 2009
In-Reply-To: <004401ca3b9d$b80ca0a0$2825e1e0$@net>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:29:13 -0400
From: William Herrin <herrin-nanog@dirtside.com>
To: Scott Berkman <scott@sberkman.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Scott Berkman <scott@sberkman.net> wrote:
> Some people use a serial interface to a specific model cell phones to
> directly send the message over the carrier's cellular network. =A0This is=
good
> in the event of isolation of a location from any IP connectivity to a
> carrier gateway.
The Multitech Multimodem GPRS model MTCBA-G-EN-F4 has an ethernet
port. Add a SIM card from your favorite wireless carrier and you can
send and receive SMS messages via "AT" commands over a TCP socket.
Problem is, it seizes up or otherwise founders every few weeks and has
to be power cycled.
Has anyone heard of other products with a good reliability record?
> I believe there was another solution that involved direct carrier
> connections, but these are most likely cost prohibitive in most situation=
s.
Any pointers on this would be greatly appreciated. I have a need for
geographically redundant access to the same phone numbers in order to
send and receive SMS messages. Even if I have to buy a pair of T1s
that are 99.9% idle, it'd be worth it.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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