SMS gateways

Thu Jan 7 20:55:07 UTC 2016

I am well aware of email-to-sms, but that is dependant on
links/infrastructure that you are monitoring. (Think of it like having your
Nagios system running on the same hypervisor as your other production gear.
What happens if the hypervisor drops? How would you know?)

The hardware sms gateway allows for true oob notifications.

On Thursday, January 7, 2016, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal at snappytelecom.net>
wrote:

> There are multiple ways to skin this cat !.
>
> No, not familiar with this product...
>
> However..
>
> 1) You know that you can send sms messages via email to pretty much any
> cell phone.
>
> 2) Personal Preference, if I was doing so, I would do it with a small
> mikrotik router + usb cell modem, very inexpensive, especially when
> combined with a M2M plan.
>
> Regards.
>
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet & Telecom
> 7266 SW 48 Street
> Miami, FL 33155
> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Fisher" <littlefishguy at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > To: "John Levine" <johnl at iecc.com <javascript:;>>
> > Cc: "nanog list" <nanog at nanog.org <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:34:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: SMS gateways
>
> > Does anyone having experience getting this to work on US networks?
> >
> > http://www.smsfoxbox.it/en/foxbox-lx800-gateway-100.html/
> >
> > I am interested on getting this working with our Nagios notifications.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:40 PM, John Levine <johnl at iecc.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>Thanks for those pointers. The "mega bill" problem is one I have to
> avoid. We
> >>>used to use ISDN as backup to T1 circuits,
> >>>but had to abandon that after some wayward fail-overs resulted in $5000
> phone
> >>>bills. I'll check the plan overage terms
> >>>carefully!
> >>
> >> Sounds like an excellent application for a $10/mo prepaid plan on
> >> something like Tracfone.  If disaster strikes and you need a lot of
> >> data one month, you can add extra credit directly from the phone.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott
>

-- 
Scott