[157218] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wired access to SMS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamie rishaw)
Thu Oct 11 07:15:00 2012
In-Reply-To: <20121010001458.GW4872@irc.ae7.st>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:14:41 -0500
From: jamie rishaw <j@arpa.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Aaron Toponce <aaron.toponce@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Instead, purchase a cellular USB modem with a standard plan. All 4 major
> carriers provide APIs to interact with the modems, and you get everything
> you need*. They aren't cheap (something in the neighborhood of $30/month),
*
> but they work, they are reliable, and you have a committed telecom corp
> dedicated to keeping uptime high, and the API up-to-date.
>
.. Just my $0.03,
If his need is mission critical, and $30/mo breaks the bank .. I'd
respectfully submit that there wasn't much of a mission.. :-p
I do agree, tho, that an external / serial / mmmmaybe-usb gsm device is
the route to pursue.
I also '+1' / 'bump' the earlier suggestion that the OP (bill) look
into Twilio. Their level of support/interaction/help/you-name-it sets
standards I wish everyone lived by, and Twilio ease of use & reliability is
second to none, or, at the least, one of a very few.
--
jamie rishaw // .com.arpa@j <- reverse it. ish.
