[187019] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS gateways
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Kennedy)
Thu Jan 14 01:26:15 2016
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:26:11 -0500
From: Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy@watchcomm.net>
To: Ray Orsini <ray@orsiniit.com>
Cc: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
It was some special offer on our AT&T small business site. Maybe they were
$40 each. I wasn't the one that ordered them but I know they were pretty
cheap and so far working fine!
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 8:08 AM, Ray Orsini <ray@orsiniit.com> wrote:
> We use those a lot with mobile hotspots. Where did you find them for $20?
> We
> 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
> 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 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 pla=
n.
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
