VeNoMouS wrote:
Let me quote my last post for you
Ok then smart arse lets look @ it another way, old cell phone + interface cable + linux != $700, yet same solution, now stfu :P
I would not consider that bullet proof. I've personally tried to use an old cellphone + gnokii to deliver SMS, and found that 1. it couldn't deliver messages fast enough, 2. it wasn't reliable. Inexplicable lockups, failed deliveries, and the device disappearing were common. The other issue I've seen with cellular delivery mechanisms, whether via cellphone or dedicated device (which is an improvement over a phone), is sites were you can't emit radiation - think exchange sites where the GSM buzz might upset your copper - or you just aren't able to - datacenter is in the basement. An IP based combo can work for you: try to deliver via SMTP over your network at first. If that fails, have a dial on demand POTS modem to another ISP and send via SMTP that way, or fail-over to delivering to 026 via Pacnet with same POTS modem. Of course, this still doesn't address the reliability issue of SMS, on either telco. aj.