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RE: SMS gateways
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Orsini)
Tue Jan 12 08:08:18 2016
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From: Ray Orsini <ray@orsiniit.com>
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:08:10 -0500
To: Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy@watchcomm.net>, frnkblk@iname.com
Cc: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>, nanog@nanog.org
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We use those a lot with mobile hotspots. Where did you find them for $20? W=
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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 make=
s
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 abou=
t
$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. =3D)
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
