Inmarsat SMS? http://www.marlink.com/text-messaging.html
-Mike On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:41 AM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > > On 10/10/12 10:10 AM, William Herrin wrote: > >> So, I need to replace it with something that offers high availability > >> for each phone number, aka "SMS long code." I realize that the phone > >> end will still suffer all the vagaries of SMS. But on the base end I > >> need high availability. > > > > What about finding someplace offsite and setting up a persistent PPP > > connection with modems (of the POTS variety) between it and home base? > > Put half the modems there and maybe a low power Atom server with hooks > > to send alerts like "connection to home hasn't come back after X > redials". > > To do that, I'd need a way to assign the same phone number (SMS long > code) to two different modems, one at the first site, one at the > second. I'd welcome a lead on a phone product or vendor who can do > that for me. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > > -- > William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> > Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 > > -- Mike Lyon 408-621-4826 mike.l...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon