Re: SMS gateways

[Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy () watchcomm net>]

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 () broadbandnetworks com

www.broadbandnetworks.com

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Adam Kennedy <adamkennedy () 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 () broadbandnetworks com
>
> www.broadbandnetworks.com
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:38 PM, <frnkblk () 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 () iecc com]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 5:24 PM
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Cc: frnkblk () iname com
> > Subject: Re: SMS gateways
> >
> > In article <006501d14b31$7c478e40$74d6aac0$@iname.com> 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?