[186991] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: SMS gateways
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (frnkblk@iname.com)
Mon Jan 11 23:39:05 2016
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To: "'John Levine'" <johnl@iecc.com>,
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:38:43 -0600
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I plan to continue living in a rural area with a GSM provider that will =
support 2G. =3D)
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: John Levine [mailto:johnl@iecc.com]=20
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?
