Modem as a service?

Mon Dec 7 01:23:24 UTC 2015

Apologies,

Should have listed the following link as this is suited for the US market whereas the other is European.

http://www.tekview-solutions.com/powertxtduo.php

Regards,

Hal Ponton

Senior Network Engineer

Buzcom / FibreWiFi

Tel: 07429 979 217
Email: hal at buzcom.net

> On 7 Dec 2015, at 01:18, Hal Ponton <hal at buzcom.net> wrote:
> 
> There are already devices that are doing this like PowerTxT, it may be based off another company I may add but we are using them for OOB monitoring of power for remote sites.
> 
> They have just enough power in the capacitors to send a text message to a master number or gateway for an NMS.
> 
> Have a look at http://www.tekview-solutions.com/powertxt.php
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hal Ponton
> 
> Senior Network Engineer
> 
> Buzcom / FibreWiFi
> 
> Tel: 07429 979 217
> Email: hal at buzcom.net
> 
>> On 7 Dec 2015, at 01:07, b <b-nanog at grmbl.net> wrote:
>> 
>> What about a $20 android phone, when it detects a power loss (stops charging), send an sms.
>> 
>>>> On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 12:03:48PM +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 2015-12-06 at 18:13 -0600, Josh Reynolds wrote:
>>>> You could always just use UPS equipment that can send out alerts on power
>>>> outages and low bat voltage. Or, use equipment that supports dying gasp.
>>> 
>>> The equipment you have needs to be able to send the alert, which means
>>> SMS or email-capable equipment needs to stay powered up long enough to
>>> do that.
>>> 
>>> There might be a product idea here, if no-one's done it already:
>>> Something like a RaspBerry Pi, running off a lithium battery, with a
>>> recharge circuit and something to detect a power outage. Add a 3G/4G
>>> card to send an SMS alert, put it all in a box, plug it into power. Only
>>> configuration needed is setting the SMS target(s)... If you made it
>>> network addressable (on 3G/4G) it could send emails as well.
>>> 
>>> Regards, K.
>>> 
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