sms messaging without a net?

Tue Aug 3 16:32:03 UTC 2004

Any reason the monitor can't be external, then send an SMS via email
directly to the cell phone provider, rather than an alias on the down
network?

If it's a private network, it could do a web request every minute to a
monitor.  If it hasn't received a request in two minutes, send the
page directly to the SMS provider.

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 02:17:45 -0700 (PDT), Dan Hollis <goemon at anime.net> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to send SMS messages without an internet
> connection?
> 
> Having a network monitoring system send sms pages via email very quickly
> runs into chicken-egg scenario. How do you email a page to let the admins
> know their net has gone down. :-P
> 
> AT&T shut down their TAP dialup late last year.
> 
> The only method that comes to mind is to buy a GSM modem which has SMS
> messaging capability.
> 
> Has anyone done this?
> 
> -Dan
> 
>