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List:       nanog
Subject:    Re: Postmaster @ vtext.com (or what are best practice to send SMS
From:       Henning Brauer <hb-nanog () bsws ! de>
Date:       2008-05-29 12:11:12
Message-ID: 20080529121112.GO348 () nudo ! bsws ! de
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* David Ulevitch <davidu@everydns.net> [2008-04-16 19:18]:
> What else are operators doing to get the pages out when things go wonky?

a UMTS/3G card, that just attaches a usb controller (ohci) and a 
usb-serial converter behind it (ubsa), and a "modem" behind that takes 
AT commands. the commands are even somewhat standardized. Add a bit of 
kermit and shell scripting around and you have a very reliable 
out-of-band notification mechanism.

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