SMS gateways

Tue Jan 12 05:56:22 UTC 2016

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 at broadbandnetworks.com

www.broadbandnetworks.com

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy at 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 at broadbandnetworks.com
>
> www.broadbandnetworks.com
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:38 PM, <frnkblk at iname.com> wrote:
>
>> I plan to continue living in a rural area with a GSM provider that will
>> support 2G. =)
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Levine [mailto:johnl at iecc.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 5:24 PM
>> To: nanog at nanog.org
>> Cc: frnkblk at iname.com
>> Subject: Re: SMS gateways
>>
>> In article <[email protected]> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>