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Re: sms messaging without a net?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Tue Aug 3 05:34:05 2004

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:30:17 +0100
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0408030204480.4243-100000@sasami.anime.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0408030204480.4243-100000@sasami.anime.net>, 
Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net> writes
>The only method that comes to mind is to buy a GSM modem which has SMS
>messaging capability.

I have a Nokia GSM "modem" on a PCMCIA card for my laptop. Usually for 
dial-up access to the Net when on the move. But it also sends and 
receives SMS - and obviously a much better UI on the laptop than a 
phone.

It's about 3 years old now, I've seen them on ebay for peanuts.

<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14408&item=631282
2524&rd=1>

ps. It only needs an Orange SIM if you want data at more than 9.6K, SMS 
will work with any SIM (afaik).
-- 
Roland Perry

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