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Dan Hollis wrote: Does anyone know of a way to send SMS messages without an internet connection? Having a network monitoring system send sms pages via email very quickly runs into chicken-egg scenario. How do you email a page to let the admins know their net has gone down. :-P

Adrian Chadd wrote: GNOKII and a suitable nokia phone.

You could also have a dial-on-demand analog modem over a pots line that dials a competitor ;-) but overall gnokii is what makes the most sense because it has the less fate sharing: if a backhoe digs your data and phone at the same time, chances are that the GSM will still work. Michel.