[186844] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS gateways
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mel Beckman)
Wed Jan 6 17:14:13 2016
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From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>, "nanog@nanog.org"
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:14:08 +0000
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The problem with Internet-based services is that they depend on the very th=
ing most of us are trying to monitor. For reliable SMS you need out-of-band=
text transmission at least, and ideally out-of-band TCP/IP data. So far ce=
llular modems provide lots of options for the latter, but I've seen few uni=
versally-available choices for the former. I plan to check out the Verizon =
options mentioned here -- the last time I tried to talk to our business exe=
c, they claimed there were no cheap options.
-mel
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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Miles Fidelman <mfidelma=
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Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 1:57 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: SMS gateways
There are also services that do it for you. In my day job (Transit
related software), we use textmarks.com to provide interactive transit
information ("where's my bus" kinds of things) via interactive SMS. Not
particularly expensive.
On 1/6/16 2:36 PM, David Hubbard wrote:
> Hey all, was curious if anyone has opinions on the FoxBox vs SMS Eagle bo=
xes for sending SMS alerts directly to the cell network?
>
> http://www.smsfoxbox.it/en/foxbox-iq.html/
> http://www.smseagle.eu/store/en/devices/1-sms-eagle.html
>
> Any alternative options would be appreciated too. I saw Microcom=92s iSM=
S modem mentioned in the list archives but it=92s only 2G so likely won=92t=
be viable much longer.
>
> The other question, given the fact that they=92re both GSM-based, is whet=
her or not you know if AT&T or T-Mobile have cheap =91machine=92 plans for =
use by these types of devices. We have all of our OpenGear out of band con=
sole servers on Verizon and they have these special =91machine=92 plans for=
$10/mo with very limited bandwidth, so that has allowed us to deploy a bun=
ch of them without worrying about a huge phone bill.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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