> From: Leonardo Arena <rna...@gmail.com> > To: Graham Johnston <johnst...@westmancom.com> > Cc: "'nanog@nanog.org'" <nanog@nanog.org> > > Il giorno lun, 14/09/2015 alle 14.53 +0000, Graham Johnston ha scritto: > > Today we use a product from MultiTech Systems call MultiModem iSMS to > send SMS text messages from our monitoring system to our on call staff. > This is a 2G product and we need to replace it soon. I know there are more > generic cellular modems that can do texting if you are willing to put in > the effort, the product we use currently though has a simple HTTP based > API specifically to send SMS. Is anybody out there using something similar > that can work on 3G or 4G networks? > > > > Here we use SMSTools (http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/) on a Linux box > with a Multitech Serial/USB modem. It takes formatted text files from a > spooling directory. It never let us down since some years.
+1 for smstools. and I'd add playsms.org grab yourself a compatible USB 3G stick which you can switch to a modem. eg a HUAWEI E1762 should work. You might want to look into a device with an antenna plug so you can put the antenne out of your cabinet for better reception. martin
