SMS gateways

Thu Jan 7 21:10:45 UTC 2016

Yep, agreed in certain situations a hardware gateway is more useful. 

That is what I listed as item #1. A small Mikrotik Router + USB Cell Stick of your choice. 
make for a very inexpensive, flexible gateway. 

http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/CO10/day1/03-arnis_3g.pdf 
(quiet a few options for different form-factors) 

http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US11/us11-brian.pdf 

Regards 

:) 

Faisal Imtiaz 
Snappy Internet & Telecom 
7266 SW 48 Street 
Miami, FL 33155 
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 

Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: Support at Snappytelecom.net 

> From: "Scott Fisher" <littlefishguy at gmail.com>
> To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <faisal at snappytelecom.net>
> Cc: "John Levine" <johnl at iecc.com>, "nanog list" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:55:07 PM
> Subject: Re: SMS gateways

> 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

>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: Support at Snappytelecom.net

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Scott Fisher" < littlefishguy at gmail.com >
>> > To: "John Levine" < johnl at iecc.com >
>> > Cc: "nanog list" < nanog at nanog.org >
>> > 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 > 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