On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Aaron Toponce <aaron.toponce@gmail.com> wrote:
Instead, purchase a cellular USB modem with a standard plan. All 4 major carriers provide APIs to interact with the modems, and you get everything you need*. They aren't cheap (something in the neighborhood of $30/month),
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but they work, they are reliable, and you have a committed telecom corp dedicated to keeping uptime high, and the API up-to-date.
.. Just my $0.03, If his need is mission critical, and $30/mo breaks the bank .. I'd respectfully submit that there wasn't much of a mission.. :-p I do agree, tho, that an external / serial / mmmmaybe-usb gsm device is the route to pursue. I also '+1' / 'bump' the earlier suggestion that the OP (bill) look into Twilio. Their level of support/interaction/help/you-name-it sets standards I wish everyone lived by, and Twilio ease of use & reliability is second to none, or, at the least, one of a very few. -- jamie rishaw // .com.arpa@j <- reverse it. ish.